Badia-y-Lablich (Badi`a-y-Lablich) , a Spaniard, born at Barcelona; travelled in the East; having acquired a knowledge of Arabic and Arab customs, disguised himself as a Mohammedan under the name of Ali-Bei; his disguise was so complete that he passed for a Mussulman, even in Mecca itself; is believed to be the first Christian admitted to the shrine of Mecca; after a time settled in Paris, and wrote an account of his travels (1766‒1818).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bad`enoch * Badrinath