Title | Erste Ansicht der Stadt Mekka: links im Hintergrund die Festung Djijād. Das grosse Gebäude rechts ist ied [i.e. die] Hamīdijjah links daneben die Druckere First view of the city of Mecca: left in the background is the Ajyad Fortress. The big building to the right is the Hamidiya nearby to the left is the printing house |
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Description | 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 portfolio. Date from 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., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0273-0002, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24553670, BIB-ID: 2624930 |
Contributor | Snouck Hurgronje C. (Christiaan) 1857-1936 (author.) ʻAbd al-Ghaffār al-Sayyid (photographer) |
Date | 1889 |
Format | 1 photograph : collotype print on mount ; image 18.8 x 24,5 cm, sheet 27 x 36,3 cm, unmediated, sheet |
Identifier | QNL:00019688 |
Language | ger |
Relation | Bilder aus Mekka |
Coverage | Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Mecca (Saudi Arabia), 1880-1890 |
Rights | No Known Copyright |
Reference | Catalogue Link |