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Description
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This image shows a view over the city of Mecca with the Masjid al-Haram. The photograph is the left center section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, 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. 3 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (III). 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.2017.0273-0003, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i24553712, BIB-ID: 2624934 |
