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The photograph, showing the pilgrims performing the Salat around the Holy Kaaba, was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887., Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 1 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Bri ...
Photograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian subcontinent, like for instance the al-Baqi' Cemetery and the Jannah al-Mu‘allā, but also the Masjid al-Haram, the Mount Abū Qubays, the Mount Arafat, th ...
Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0015, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25564481, BIB-ID: 2717976
Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0007, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26917993, BIB-ID: 2717969
Plate probably part of an early-20th-century edition of the Ottoman work Envar ül-aṣikin (انوار العاشقين) by Yazıcıoğlu Aḥmed Bīcān. This is a Turkish prose translation of the author’s brother Yazıcıoğlu Meḥmed, d. 855/1451’s Arabic Maghārib al-zamān (مغارب ا ...
The photograph shows the parade of the Mahmal, the ceremonial palanquin carried on a camel which was accompanying pilgrims from Cairo to Mecca., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered "Serie 597", Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2016.0089-0023, 2 ...
The photograph shows the Maḥmal al-ḥajj al-Shāmī passing through the streets of al-Maydān neighborhood. Suleiman Hakim was one of the few Muslim photographers active in the Middle East. He set up a studio in Damascus in the 1870s and produced images for the tourist market., Title from item. D ...
West-southwest view inside the Masjid al-Haram of the Kaaba and, behind it, the sacred mountain Jabal Abu Qubays. At the summit stands the structure which later became Bilal's Mosque. This photograph was likely taken in 1881 by the Egyptian photographer, army engineer and surveyor Muhammad S̱adiq B ...
Photograph shows an encampment of pilgrims on the plains near 'Arafat, Jabal, Saudi Arabia., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Plate 78 in "Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai" (Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0105-0078, 2-D Gr ...
Photograph showing the Mahmal in the streets of Mecca followed by the pilgrims. The traditional houses of the city are also visible., Title and date devised by Library staff., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0233-0017, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2466859x, BIB-ID: 2648458
The importance of the Maqām is stated in the Quran, Sura II, verse 125: "And when We made the House (at Makka) a resort for mankind and sanctuary, (saying): Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray). And We imposed a duty upon Abraham and Ishmael, (saying): Purify My hou ...
The photograph shows pilgrims in Mecca gathering in the courtyard of the Masjid al-Haram around the Kaaba. The image is likely to be a reproduction of a famous plate in the" Bilder aus Mekka" by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje., Title, date and author devised by library staff., Main Heritage Compact Gen ...