Description
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Photograph showing the tents of pilgrims during the Hajj around the tomb of "Sittana" (Our Lady) Maymunah, one of the wives of the Prophet Muḥammad, on the outskirts of Mecca.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. 8 in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). The plate is numbered (VIII). Erased Arabic description in the upper and lower part of the print. The negative had handwork applied. Manuscript annotation under the image "عرفات"., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.11014-0005, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23414091, BIB-ID: 2501845 |