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Bettlende Pilger aus Jemen; Pilger aus Marokko; Indischer Pilger; Derwische aus Buchara, Beggar pilgrims from Yemen; Pilgrim from Morocco; Indian pilgrim; Dervishes from Bukhara
Collection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims and dervishes. The photographs were probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jedda between 1884 and 1885. The negatives had handwork applied. In some images the original backgrounds have been substituted completely, whereas in one a cou ...
Bilder aus Mekka: mit kurzem erläuterndem texte
“Pictures from Mecca” is the photographic portfolio published in 1889 by the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, as an annex to the “Pictorial Atlas of Mecca”, the Atlas accompanying the 1888 2-volume publication “Mecca”. In these texts, he reconstructs the history of the Holy ...
Crüwell. Mekka. Orient - Virginy - Feinschnitt, Crüwell. Mecca. Orient - Virginy - Fine cut
Advertising poster for the Tobacco company Gebrüder (Brothers) Crüwell based in Bielefeld, Germany showing an Arab man on a red background smoking tobacco.3, Title from item, date devised by Library Staff. Tagline "Gebr. Crüwell Spezialfabrik für Rauchtabak Bielefeld gegr. 1705" (Brothers Crüwe ...
Das Grab der Sittanā Mèjmū̄nah und Lager dorthin gepilgerter Mekkaner, The grave of Our Sittna Maymunah and the camp of Meccan pilgrims
Photograph showing the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj around the tomb of "Sittana" (Our Lady) Maymunah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, on the outskirts of Mecca. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 18 ...
Das Reitkameel (Hèdjīn) des Scherīf Jah̲ja, eines Sohnes des Scherīf Ah̲med, dessen Vater der berühmte 1886 verstorbene Grossscherīf Abd èl-Mut̲t̲álib, The riding camel (hajin) of Sharif Yahya, one of the sons of Sharif Ahmed, whose fath...
Photograph showing the riding camel, commonly known as hajin, of sharif Yahya, son of sharif Ahmad, himself the son of ibn ʻAbd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib (1790 - 1886), who served three times as Grand Sharif of Mecca - first in 1827, then 1851 to 1856, and finally from 1880 to 1881). Sharif Yahya is a ...
Das Reitkameel (Hèdjīn) des Scherīf Jah̲ja, eines Sohnes des Scherīf Ah̲med, dessen Vater der berühmte 1886 verstorbene Grossscherīf Abd èl-Mut̲t̲álib, The riding camel (hajin) of Sharif Yahya, one of the sons of Sharif Ahmed, whose fath...
Photograph showing the riding camel, commonly known as hajin, of sharif Yahya, son of sharif Ahmad, himself the son of ibn ʻAbd al-Muttalib ibn Ghalib (1790 - 1886), who served three times as Grand Sharif of Mecca - first in 1827, then 1851 to 1856, and finally from 1880 to 1881). Sharif Yahya is a ...
Der Berg ʻArafah während der jährlichen Pilgerversammlung (von Süden aus gesehen), Mount Arafat during the annual pilgrimage gathering (seen from the south)
Photograph showing pilgrims with tents, camels, and livestock gathered at the rest station of Arafat during the Hajj. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. ...
Die H̱amīdijjah (von Othman Pascha erbautes Regierungsgebäude), The Hamidiya (the palace of the governor built by Othman Pasha)
Street view outside the Hamidiya, a government building constructed by Othman Pasha, General Governor of Hejaz (r. 1882-1886). The subject of this photograph is probably the same building identified in the drawing of a view inside the Masjid al-Haram (plate no. 2) as ‘front-side of the Hamidiya Pa ...
Die Moschee, The Mosque
Southwest view inside the Masjid al-Haram of the Kaaba and surrounding structures. The print is likely to have been drawn after a photograph of the same view by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887. Mentioned in the image are the Bani ...
Die Moschee und der nordwestliche Theil der Stadt, The Mosque and the northwestern part of the city
Panoramic view over Mecca showing most of the Masjid al-Haram and the northwest portion of the city. The print is likely to have been drawn after a photograph - or a series of photographs - of the same view taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) betw ...
Die von Othman Pascha erbaute Hauptwache (links im Hintergrund èç-Çafa), The central police station built by Osman Pasha (left in the background al-Safa [Gate])
Street view depicting the main guardhouse or police station in Mecca, described as being built by Osman Pasha, Hejaz military commander and governor (r. 1882-1886). The building features the Ottoman star and crescent symbols on the cornice and what appears to be a royal tughra (calligraphic monogram ...
Die (vor wenigen Jahren errichtete) Druckerei in Mekka, The printing house (founded a few years ago) in Mecca
The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 6 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (V). The negative has handwork ap ...