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Vornehmer Kaufmann (Bevollmächtigter des Grossscherifs) mit seinem cirkassischen Sklaven, Distinguished merchant (representative of the Grand Sharif) with his Circassian slave
Group portrait showing a merchant, possibly the Grand Sharif's permanent representative in Jeddah, and his Circassian slave. The photograph was probably taken between 1884 and 1885 in Jeddah. The negative has had handwork applied and the original background has been substituted completely., Title an ...
Vornehmer Sèjjid in Mekka; Vornehmer Sèjjid in Mekka; Mu'èddin (Aufrufer zum Gottesdienste); Kātib (Schreiber) des Grossscherifs, Distinguished sayyid in Mecca; Distinguished sayyid in Mecca; Muezzin (caller to the prayer); Katib (scribe) of the ...
Collection of four full-length seated portraits of sayyids and other distinguished people in Mecca, such as the muezzin and the scribe of the Grand Sharif of Mecca. Both the sayyids hold the hilt of a sheathed scimitar in their left hand, while the muezzin has an umbrella; the scribe is posing with ...