M'hamed BEL-KHODJA (1869-1943) Lot n° 120

The Pilgrimage to Mecca M'hamed BEL-KHODJA (1869-1943) The Pilgrimage to Mecca Tunis, 1906, published after "Rouznémé Tounsié", In-8°, with numerous reproductions and a folding map of the Hajj, indicating the railways, executed and in progress, as well as the main routes and stages. The author was born into one of the most important Ottoman and Tunisian religious Tunisian religious lineage in the 19th century. In 1902, he was appointed director of the official press. In 1919, he was appointed caïd-governor of Gabès and Bizerte. Having reached the age of retirement, he became a government advisor until his death.