Description
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Photographs showing the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj and the tomb of "Sittana" (Our Lady) Maymunah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad, on the outskirts of Mecca.The photographs were taken the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in original portfolio. Date from original item. Plates no. 9a nd 9b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (IXa and IXb). The negatives had handwork applied. Manuscript annotations in Arabic above and under the prints "ساحة حدود المشعر قرب مسجد سيتنا ميمونة"; the words "منى" and "مزدلفة" are erased., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.11014-0006, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26540794, BIB-ID: 2832167 |