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
Street view depicting the main guardhouse or police station in Mecca, described as being built by Osman Pasha, Hejaz military commander and... Show moreStreet view depicting the main guardhouse or police station in Mecca, described as being built by Osman Pasha, Hejaz military commander and governor (r. 1882-1886). The building features the Ottoman star and crescent symbols on the cornice and what appears to be a royal tughra (calligraphic monogram) at the center of the pediment. Ottoman soldiers, wearing fezzes stand in front. Several figures appear in small groups on the street in the foreground along with three donkeys and one horse. The plate was probably based on a photograph by the Egyptian army engineer Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832 – 1902) in 1885. Title and date from item. Plate no. 6 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (VI) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0006 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2650540x BIB-ID: 2831331 Show less
Masjid al-Ḥarām, Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Architecture, Ottoman, Architecture, Ottoman--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Street view outside the Hamidiya, a government building constructed by Othman Pasha, General Governor of Hejaz (r. 1882-1886). The subject of this... Show moreStreet view outside the Hamidiya, a government building constructed by Othman Pasha, General Governor of Hejaz (r. 1882-1886). The subject of this photograph is probably the same building identified in the drawing of a view inside the Masjid al-Haram (plate no. 2) as ‘front-side of the Hamidiya Palace’, indicating that the building – and therefore the viewpoint in this photograph – was probably situated south of the Mosque. The photograph was likely taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1887. Title and date from item. Plate no. 4 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (IV) and titled in German under the print. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0004 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26503141 BIB-ID: 2831247 Show less
Three-quarter length standing portrait of Amir Awn al Rafiq, Grand Sharif of Mecca between 1882 and 1905. He faces right and wears a turban and a... Show moreThree-quarter length standing portrait of Amir Awn al Rafiq, Grand Sharif of Mecca between 1882 and 1905. He faces right and wears a turban and a richly embroidered ceremonial robe. Title and date from item. Plate no. 7 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (VII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0007 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23414169 BIB-ID: 2501848 Show less
