Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Photographs--1900-1940
Photograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian... Show morePhotograph album containing historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina of particular interest to Muslim pilgrims from the Indian subcontinent, like for instance the al-Baqi' Cemetery and the Jannah al-Mu‘allā, but also the Masjid al-Haram, the Mount Abū Qubays, the Mount Arafat, the Mosque al-Khayf in Mina, Bab 'Anbari - one of eight gates in the outer wall of the city of Medina - the Mosque of Quba, the mausoleum dedicated to Amir Hamza and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. جبل أبو قبيس -- جبل عرفات -- جنة المعلى -- مسجد خيف ومنا -- باب عنبري -- جنة البقيع -- مسجد قبا -- سيدنا امير حمزة، رضي الله عنه -- حرم مدينة منورة -- روضة مطهدة -- شهر مدينة منورة Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Photographs are titled in Urdu and Arabic on the negative; most of the prints are stamped in Urdu "Copyright H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers, Chandni Chowk, Delhi". The album was probably assembled and distributed by Haji Nawab Ali & Sons, book merchants based in Mecca "Moazzama" at Babus Salam, as inscribed on the album cover. Photographs average measurements 17 x 22,8 cm Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0260 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25308294 BIB-ID: 2623969 Asani, Ali S., and Carney E. S. Gavin. “Through the Lens of Mirza of Delhi: The Debbas Album of Early-Twentieth-Century Photographs of Pilgrimage Sites in Mecca and Medina.” Muqarnas, vol. 15, 1998, pp. 178–199. JSTOR, JSTOR, Show less
