Description
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The 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 |