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الوصف
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This image shows a view over the city of Mecca from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left section of a four part panorama which includes Plates III, IV and V. The photograph was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887., Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plate no. 2 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (II). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. The print has manuscript annotations in Arabic beneath the image referring to locations indicated in a key below the image "مكة المكرمة. (١) الحميدية دائرة ال...، (٢) قلعة أجياد، (٣) المطبعة الأميرية"., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.11014-0001, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2654071x, BIB-ID: 2832156 |
