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Photograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian subcontinent, like for instance the al-Baqi' Cemetery and the Jannah al-Mu‘allā, but also the Masjid al-Haram, the Mount Abū Qubays, the Mount Arafat, the Mosque al-Khayf in Mina, Bab 'Anbari - one of eight gates in the outer wall of the city of Medina - the Mosque of Quba, the mausoleum dedicated to Amir Hamza and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina., جبل أبو قبيس -- جبل عرفات -- جنة المعلى -- مسجد خيف ومنا -- باب عنبري -- جنة البقيع -- مسجد قبا -- سيدنا امير حمزة، رضي الله عنه -- حرم مدينة منورة -- روضة مطهدة -- شهر مدينة منورة, Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs are titled in Urdu and Arabic on the negative; most of the prints are stamped in Urdu "Copyright H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers, Chandni Chowk, Delhi". The album was probably assembled and distributed by Haji Nawab Ali & Sons, book merchants based in Mecca "Moazzama" at Babus Salam, as inscribed on the album cover. Photographs average measurements 17 x 22,8 cm, Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0260, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25308294, BIB-ID: 2623969, Asani, Ali S., and Carney E. S. Gavin. “Through the Lens of Mirza of Delhi: The Debbas Album of Early-Twentieth-Century Photographs of Pilgrimage Sites in Mecca and Medina.” Muqarnas, vol. 15, 1998, pp. 178–199. JSTOR, JSTOR, |
