Kaʻbah (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Masjid al-Ḥarām., Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--Photographs, Prayer--Islam, Mosques, Mosques--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--Photographs, Salat
The photograph shows pilgrims in Mecca gathering in the courtyard of the Masjid al-Haram, around the Kaaba. Title from item. Date devised by Library... Show moreThe photograph shows pilgrims in Mecca gathering in the courtyard of the Masjid al-Haram, around the Kaaba. Title from item. Date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled "La Mecque" (Mecca) and "لصلاة حول الكعبة", numbered (276) in the negative and signed (Photo Garrigues Tunis) on the negative. The original photograph is credited in the negative to "Al Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār, doctor from Mecca". Autograph caption on card mount under the print, "Vue de la Mecque. Interieur de la Grande Mosquée. (Agrandissement d'un cliché miniature pris en cachette par un Arabe d'Algérie - Rare)" ("View of Mecca. Interior view of the Great Mosque. (Enlargement of a miniature photograph taken secretly by an Arab from Algeria - Rare)". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0081 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23323504 BIB-ID: 2496884 Show less