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Title	Thorhüter der Ka’bah (aus der Schēbah-Familie die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat) Gatekeeper of the Kaaba (from the Shaybah family who have held this office since pre-Islamic times)
Subject	Kaʻbah (Mecca Saudi Arabia) Shaybān (Arab tribe) Shaybān (Arab tribe)--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Portraits Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Description	Full-length length standing portrait of a member of the Banu Shaybah tribe. The man stands facing forward and wears a pale-coloured turban and dark outer robe over a quilted or embroidered robe. The photograph was probably taken in 1885. The original background has been substituted completely and patterns in the carpet as well as the man’s pale robe have been re-inscribed in the negative., Title and date from item. Plate no. 9 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (IX) and titled in German under the image., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.02074-0009, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25614587, BIB-ID: 2720934
Contributor	Snouck Hurgronje C. (Christiaan) 1857-1936 (photographer.)
Date	1888, 1888.
Format	1 photograph : collotype print on mount ; image 24.6 x 18.3 cm, sheet 36.5 x 27 cm, unmediated, sheet
Identifier	QNL:00028260
Language	ger
Relation	Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka
Coverage	Mecca (Saudi Arabia), Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Rights	No Known Copyright
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