This image shows a view over the city of Mecca with its traditional buildings from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. Photograph is... Show moreThis image shows a view over the city of Mecca with its traditional buildings from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. Photograph is the right center section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III, 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. 4 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (IV). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. Manuscript annotation in Arabic under the print "مكة المكرمة". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.11014-0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2341408x BIB-ID: 2788811 Show less
Masjid al-Ḥarām, Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Photographs, Mosques, Mosques--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
This image shows a view over the city of Mecca with the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left center section of a four part panorama which... Show moreThis image shows a view over the city of Mecca with the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left center section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, 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 portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 3 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (III). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0003 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24553712 BIB-ID: 2624934 Show less
This image shows a view over the city of Mecca with its traditional buildings from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. Photograph is... Show moreThis image shows a view over the city of Mecca with its traditional buildings from an elevated position east of the Masjid al-Haram. Photograph is the right center section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III, 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 portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 4 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (IV). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24553943 BIB-ID: 2501843 Show less
Masjid al-Ḥarām, Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Mosques, Salat, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Photographs
The photograph, showing the pilgrims performing the Salat around the Holy Kaaba, was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al... Show moreThe photograph, showing the pilgrims performing the Salat around the Holy Kaaba, was taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887. Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plate no. 1 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (I). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2017.0273-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24913558 BIB-ID: 2667853 Show less
