[DOC] [TLE] Entering the Forbidden City of Mecca, 1853 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] In 1853 intrepid British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised himself as 
an Islamic pilgrim ... and declared the Kaaba as the center of Islam, requiring that 
the faithful make a pilgrimage (the Hajj) to the site at least once in their lifetime. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Francis Burton: The Englishman Who Went to Mecca and ... [PAR] Jul 23, 2015 ... Richard Francis Burton was a hard-living combination of Thomas ... The British 
explorer, writer, ethnologist, polyglot, and spy had spent ... the holy city as 
Muslims saw it during the hajj, the sacred pilgrimage ... As he kneeled and 
feigned the motions, Burton sketched the floor plan of the Kaaba on his ihram. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Burton, Victorian explorer - Financial Times [PAR] May 1, 2015 ... 'Sir Richard Burton's journey to the Secret City', by Severino Baraldi, depicts ... 
Here, while performing the rituals of pilgrimage, he took surreptitious notes, 
drawing sketch ... When he managed to get himself hoisted inside the Kaaba 
itself ... But Burton made his way to Harar alone, this time disguised as a... [DOC] [TLE] Sir Richard Burton's Travels in Arabia and Africa: Four Lectures from ... [PAR] Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890)explorer, linguist, anthropologistwas one of 
the most ... the visits Burton made to Medina and Mecca disguised as an Islamic 
pilgrim. The rites of pilgrimage, framed by the drama of Burton's disguise and its 
... at disguising himself to pass as a native of many countries, translated poetry, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Great British Nutters: Sir Richard Burton: Gone to the Devil [PAR] Mar 18, 2008 ... And he would also go on to make his mark as an explorer, soldier, diplomat, ... 
And he really went for it, disguising himself as an Indian and bravely ... Europe 
and began planning his next dramatic move: a pilgrimage to Mecca. ... He even 
had the balls to sketch Islam's holiest building - the Kaaba  onto his... [DOC] [TLE] Sir Richard Francis Burton: was there a literary crime after his ... [PAR] Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), one of the most famous mid-19th century 
European explorers of Africa, is also known for his definitive .... holy city of Mecca 
in 1853, which he made in the disguise of an Afghan physician, ... He sketched 
the central shrine, the Kaaba, and participated in all the rituals... [DOC] [TLE] mecca - Search-ID [PAR] Explorer Sir Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghani to make a 
pilgrimage to this city & sketch its Kaaba; Thousands of pilgrims gather annually 
in Cairo... [DOC] [TLE] eng360summer2010 - Group 1 Richard Burton, Travels in Arabia [PAR] Richard Burton had one brother, Edward Joseph Netterville Burton, and one 
sister, ... After returning to Cairo from his "pilgrimage" to Mecca, Burton traveled 
back to .... (Kennedy Pg 70) In his narrative Travels in Arabia and Africa, Sir 
Richard ... On his first attempt to disguise himself as an Oriental Burton wanted 
to take on... [DOC] [TLE] Volume 1 - Sir Richard Francis Burton [PAR] refute the calumnies that his enemies have so indus ... As the Richard Burton 
whom I have to pourtray .... nobody had hitherto set himself the great task of com 
..... Richards (A. B.), Wilson (A.), and Baddeley (St. C), " Sketch of the ... 
PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. 2. ...... In September Burton visited Calicutthe city 
above all. [DOC] [TLE] webdev@thelondonmagazine.org, Author at The London Magazine ... [PAR] Oct 7, 2012 ... Villages die as cities grow, family cohesion crumbles as individuals .... Chaucer 
wrote himself into his pilgrimage and that evening we heard his tales. ...... We can 
also see the book that made Sir Richard Burton famous. It relates his own 
experience of Hajj in 1853, when he disguised himself as an Afghan... [DOC] [TLE] BBC - Press Office - Network Radio Programme Information Week ... [PAR] Dec 1, 2008 ... This first programme looks at Roy Orbison's early days,

Question: Explorer Sir Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghani to make a pilgrimage to this city & sketch its Kaaba
Answer: Mecca