Note 8 — III THE HOLY LAND OF ARABIA—MECCA
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TABLE OF MECCA PILGRIMAGE, 1880.
(From Blunt’s “Future of Islam.”)
NATIONALITY OF PILGRIMS. Arriving by Sea. Arriving by Land. Total Moslem Pop. represented.
Ottoman Subjects (excluding Arabia) 8,500 1,000 22,000,000
Egyptians 5,000 1,000 5,000,000
From “Barbary States” 6,000 —— 18,000,000
Yemen Arabs 3,000 —— 2,500,000
Oman and Hadramaut 3,000 —— 3,000,000
Nejd, etc., Arabs —— 5,000 4,000,000
Hejaz (including Mecca) —— 22,000 2,000,000
Negroes from Sudan 2,000 —— 10,000,000
Negroes from Zanzibar 1,000 —— 1,500,000
Malabari from Cape of G. Hope 150 —— ————
Persians 6,000 2,500 8,000,000
Indians (British Subjects) 15,000 —— 40,000,000
Malays and Javanese 12,000 —— 30,000,000
Chinese 100 —— 15,000,000
Mongols —— —— 6,000,000
Russians, Tartars, etc. —— —— 5,000,000
Afghans and Baluchis —— —— 3,000,000
(included in Ottoman Haj)
61,750 31,500
Total pilgrims present at Arafat 93,250 175,000,000