Thorhüter der Ka’bah (aus der Schēbah-Familie, die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat)

Thorhüter der Ka’bah (aus der Schēbah-Familie, die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat) Gatekeeper of the Kaaba (from the Shaybah family, who have held this office since pre-Islamic times) Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan) 1857-1936 photographer. still image picture still image Collotypes. Portrait photographs. ne 1888 monographic 1888. ger 1 photograph : collotype print on mount ; image 24.6 x 18.3 cm, sheet 36.5 x 27 cm Item. Full-length length standing portrait of a member of the Banu Shaybah tribe. The man stands facing forward and wears a pale-coloured turban and dark outer robe over a quilted or embroidered robe. The photograph was probably taken in 1885. The original background has been substituted completely and patterns in the carpet as well as the man’s pale robe have been re-inscribed in the negative. No Known Copyright Title and date from item. Plate no. 9 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (IX) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0009 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25614587 BIB-ID: 2720934 Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia) Shaybān (Arab tribe) Mecca (Saudi Arabia) Portraits Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Mecca (Saudi Arabia) Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka aacr rda QAFCL 131215 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng