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Description
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Photograph showing pilgrims with tents, camels, and livestock gathered at the rest station of Arafat during the Hajj. The photograph was 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. Plate no. 14 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (XIV). Erased Arabic description and signature “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca” in the upper and lower part of the print. The negative has handwork applied. Manuscript annotation in Arabic under the print "عَرَفَات", Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.11014-0008, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26542456, BIB-ID: 2832255 |
