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
By Gabriel Bonvalot. With 250 illustrations by Albert Pépin. Translated from the French by C.B. Pitman. Show moreBy Gabriel Bonvalot. With 250 illustrations by Albert Pépin. Translated from the French by C.B. Pitman. 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
By Gabriel Bonvalot. With 250 illustrations by Albert Pépin. Translated from the French by C.B. Pitman. Show moreBy Gabriel Bonvalot. With 250 illustrations by Albert Pépin. Translated from the French by C.B. Pitman. Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .D37 1889 Book Item-ID: i1023083x BIB-ID: 1024719 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS107 .D37 1889 Book Item-ID: i1023083x BIB-ID: 1024719 Show less
