Health care and services for pilgrims in the official documents of the Egyptian administration In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries AD Historical documentary study | ||||
International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||||
Article 7, Volume 7, المجلد السابع -العدد الأول - Serial Number 1, June 2020, Page 180-257 PDF (1.51 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2020.105225 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Dr. Essam Ahmed Essawy* | ||||
College of Arts , Cairo University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This study provides a description of a number of sites providing services and health care in Egypt at the end of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries AD through the official documents of the Egyptian government contained in a number of bureaus, ministries, interests, and bodies, with the clarification and explanation of their budgets, and the material and logistical needs required of Funds, and equipment, to provide these Services for the pilgrims of God’s Sacred House every year, and this study deals with the documentation of health services provided to pilgrims in that period that witnessed many multiple political fluctuations, including the beginning of the English occupation of Egypt in 1882 AD, and the decline of Ottoman influence on Egypt, and on the Hijaz that came under the influence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after its establishment in 1932 AD, these events that affected the ways and mechanisms for providing these services and health care for Egyptian pilgrims, as well as for pilgrims crossing through the land, and Egyptian sea routes, which is in addition to previous studies and works That dealt with the topic from different angles, also, this study touched on some of the literature that dealt with this topic, which provided the Arab Library with false, or sometimes unconfirmed, information on the extent of the Egyptian administration's interest in providing these health services, which this study sought to answer in a way Scientific through what was mentioned in the Egyptian official documents. On the other hand - this study sought to reveal the terms and documentary terms that were used officially in this health, administrative, financial, marine, and other terms used during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, and which were known and used by official officials in blogging Records, and official records produced during that period. | ||||
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