Such books were written by Bakri and Yaqut (q.v.)' Grammar and aexicography.
For other names and honorific epithets of the city see Bakri, ut supra, Azraqi, p. 197, Yaqut iv.
A vow of pilgrimage might be directed to other sanctuaries than Mecca - the technical word for it (ihlal) is applied, for example, to the pilgrimage to Manat (Bakri, p. 519).