Islamic marriage customs and rites, Islamic marriage customs and rites--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Thrones, Chandeliers, Arches, Bridegrooms
Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by... Show morePhotographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by 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. Plates no. 18a nd 8b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (XVIIIa and XVIIIb). Caption continues "(vergl. Mekka, Bd. II, S. 167ff.)" (see Mekka, vol. II, p. 167 et seq.). Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0018 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26534642 BIB-ID: 2832040 Show less
Islamic marriage customs and rites, Islamic marriage customs and rites--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Thrones, Chandeliers, Arches, Bridegrooms
Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by... Show morePhotographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plates no. 18a nd 8b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (XVIIIa and XVIIIb). Caption continues "(vergl. Mekka, Bd. II, S. 167ff.)" (see Mekka, vol. II, p. 167 et seq.). Manuscript annotations in Arabic under and above each print: "داخل الريكة" and "حفلة عرس. الباب الخارجي للريكة والعريس". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26542547 BIB-ID: 2832263 Show less