Collection of four full-length seated portrait of distinguished people, such as a man from Mecca - identified as Daud ibn Sulaiman Abu al-Faraj -,... Show moreCollection of four full-length seated portrait of distinguished people, such as a man from Mecca - identified as Daud ibn Sulaiman Abu al-Faraj -, muezzins - one of them described as a senior muezzin member of the dynasty descendant of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, the first Muslim born at Medina after the hijra - and traders from Mecca and Jeddah. Photographs were probably taken in Mecca between 1884 and 1887 by Snouck Hurgronje and by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s). The negatives had handwork applied: the original backgrounds have been substituted completely except for the carpets. Title and date from item. Plate no. 15 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889).The plate is numbered (XV) and each collotype is titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0015 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26506841 BIB-ID: 2831365 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Kiswah, Islamic calligraphy, Islamic embroidery
Title and date from item. Plate no. 17 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XVII) and titled in... Show moreTitle and date from item. Plate no. 17 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XVII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0017 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26515428 BIB-ID: 2831558 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--vPortraits, People, People--Kabul (Afghanistan), Baghdad (Iraq)
Collection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims from Iraq, Zanzibar and Bahrain and Afghanistan. The photographs were probably... Show moreCollection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims from Iraq, Zanzibar and Bahrain and Afghanistan. The photographs were probably taken in Jedda by Snouck Hurgronje between 1884 and 1885. The negatives had handwork applied. The original background has been substituted completely in one portrait, while in the remaining images the pilgrims are photographed in a courtyard-like space with foliage visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 20 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XX) and titled in German under each image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0020 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26515842 BIB-ID: 2831581 Show less
The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption... Show moreThe 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 applied. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26533509 BIB-ID: 2831980 Show less
The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889. Title from caption... Show moreThe 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 original portfolio. Date from original item. Plate no. 6 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (V). The negative has handwork applied. The print has manuscript annotations in Arabic “مكة المكرمة”. The print has stamped above the image "N.B.P[?]. Graafland Ned.[erlands] Handel [illegible] Soerabaja", probably related to some library, archive or private collection in Surabaya, capital of the Dutch East Indies from the 18th century until the mid-20th century. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26540782 BIB-ID: 2832163 Show less