| Title | Zwei verschiedene Aufnahmen der Rikah des Thronsessels auf welchen man in Mekka die jungfräuliche Braut in der Duchlah-nacht zu erheben pflegt [...] Auf B sitzt der Bräutigam dort wo die Braut sitzen soll Two different shots of the arīkah the throne seat on which the virgin bride is elevated on the first night of marriage [...] In B the groom sits where the bride should be seated |
| Subject | |
| Description | Photographs showing a richly ornamented interior scene in the bridal chamber and a bridegroom sitting on the throne. The photographs were taken by the Meccan doctor and photographer al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) between 1886 and 1889., Title from caption list in portfolio. Date from item. Plates no. 18a nd 8b in Bilder aus Mekka (Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889). Photographs are numbered (XVIIIa and XVIIIb). Caption continues "(vergl. Mekka, Bd. II, S. 167ff.)" (see Mekka, vol. II, p. 167 et seq.)., Main Heritage Display General, HC.HP.2017.0273-0018, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i26534642, BIB-ID: 2832040 |
| Contributor | Snouck Hurgronje C. (Christiaan) 1857-1936 (author.) ʻAbd al-Ghaffār al-Sayyid (photographer.) |
| Date | 1889 |
| Format | 2 photographs : collotype prints on mount ; images 10.3 x 13 cm and 15.5 x 11 cm, sheet 27 x 36,3 cm, unmediated, sheet |
| Identifier | QNL:00056471 |
| Language | ger |
| Relation | Bilder aus Mekka |
| Coverage | Mecca (Saudi Arabia) |
| Rights | No Known Copyright |
| Reference | Catalogue Link |