Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and prilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Photographs
“Pictures from Mecca” is the photographic portfolio published in 1889 by the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, as an annex to the ... Show more“Pictures from Mecca” is the photographic portfolio published in 1889 by the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, as an annex to the “Pictorial Atlas of Mecca”, the Atlas accompanying the 1888 2-volume publication “Mecca”. In these texts, he reconstructs the history of the Holy City and on the origins of Islam, early traditions and practices, and the first Islamic communities. The second volume, translated into English in 1931 as “Mecca in the Latter Part of the 19th Century”, contains many details of daily life in Islamic culture and deals with the Indonesian Muslim colony at Mecca. While serving as a lecturer at the University of Leiden between 1880 and 1889, Snouck Hurgronje visited Arabia from 1884 to 1885, stopping at Mecca and he was the first Western to take photographs of the Holy City. From 1890 to 1906 Snouck Hurgronje was professor of Arabic at Batavia, Java, and, as a government adviser, he originated and developed the Dutch colonial policy toward Islam. Though Snouck Hurgronje remained a colonial adviser until 1933, he returned in 1906 to the Netherlands, where he was professor of Arabic and Islamic institutions at the University of Leiden until his death. The volume contains 20 collotype prints pasted onto card and includes a panoramic view of the Holy City, images of places related to the hajj (Mina valley, Mount Arafat), as well as a picture of the Ibn Abbas Mosque in Taif. Snouck Hurgronje decided to publish an annex to his first photographic portfolio after receiving a letter with new photographs from his doctor in Mecca, whom he taught the art of photography. The photographs had descriptions in Arabic and were signed “Photography by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar, doctor in Mecca”. Al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar (active in 1880s) was an Indian physician as a renowned Meccan photographer can be found in the “Journal de Voyages” (1895) by French author Gustave Regelsperger (1856 – 1940) and most importantly in the account published in 1895 “The Guide to the Hajj” by the Egyptian army engineer Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832 – 1902), who took the first photographs of Medina in 1861 and Mecca between 1880 and 1881 and whose photographs were included in Snouck’s “Pictorial Atlas of Mecca”. In his account, the Egyptian military engineer describes ʻAbd al-Ghaffar Efendi as a famous Indian doctor and photographer. Most of the scholars agree that the photographs reproduced in this portfolio were taken by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffar and that Snouck, both for aesthetic and scientific reasons, erased the name of the person who had taken the pictures as well as the pictures’ titles and headings. Title and date from item. Prints are mounted on 18 sheets loose in original red gilt cloth portfolio as issued, complete with the oft-lacking half-title, list of plates, title and preface. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0273 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24545612 BIB-ID: 2622576 C.E.S. Gavin with F.H.S. Allen, Mecca: The First Photographs (Cambridge, MA, 1981); William Facey with Gillian Grant, Saudi Arabia by the first photographers (London: Stacey International, 1996); Badr El-Hage, “The First Non-Arab Photographers of the Hijaz”, Saudi Arabia: Caught in Time 1861-1939 (Reading: Garnet Publishing Ltd., 1997); Claude W. Sui, “Travel to the Holy Land and Photography in the Nineteenth Century”, To the Holy Lands: pilgrimage centres from Mecca and Medina to Jerusalem; photographs of the 19th century from the collections of the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums, Mannheim (Munich; Berlin; London; New York: Prestel, 2008); Durkje van der Wal, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje: The First Western Photographer in Mecca 1884-1885 (Amsterdam: Manfred & Hanna Heiting Fund, Rijksmuseum, 2011). See also Anna Canby Monk "From the Individual to the Archetypal: Abd al-Ghaffārs Edited Photographic Portraits" Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Kerinci (Indonesia)--Portraits
Full-length seated portrait of six Muslim pilgrims from Kerinci, in the island of Sumatra - one of them is described as a sheikh of the same place.... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of six Muslim pilgrims from Kerinci, in the island of Sumatra - one of them is described as a sheikh of the same place. They squat or sit face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 34 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXIV) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0034 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519057 BIB-ID: 2831700 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Sumatra (Indonesia)--Portraits, Mandailing (Indonesian people)
Full-length seated portrait of thirteen Mandailing Muslim pilgrimd from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. They squat face forward on the ground,... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of thirteen Mandailing Muslim pilgrimd from the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. They squat face forward on the ground, looking towards the camera. The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate 35 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXV) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2651915x BIB-ID: 2831703 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Aceh (Indonesia)--Portraits, Patient representatives--Islamic law
Full-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Aceh, in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The group faces forward, looking towards the camera.... Show moreFull-length portrait of four Muslim pilgrims from Aceh, in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The group faces forward, looking towards the camera. The two men standing behind are described as wakils (representatives). The photograph was probably taken in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 36 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXXVI) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0036 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26519173 BIB-ID: 2831705 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Portraits, Beggars, Dervishes, Musical instruments, Musical instruments--Bukhoro (Uzbekistan), Percussion instruments, Percussion instruments--Yemen (Arab Republic)
Collection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims and dervishes. The photographs were probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jedda... Show moreCollection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims and dervishes. The photographs were probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jedda between 1884 and 1885. The negatives had handwork applied. In some images the original backgrounds have been substituted completely, whereas in one a courtyard-like space, with foliage and a window, fronted by bars is visible in the background. Title and date from item. Plate no. 22 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXII) and titled in German under each image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0022 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26516998 BIB-ID: 2831609 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Indonesia--Portraits, Malays (Asian people), Muslim religious leaders
Collection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims from Sumatra and of sheikhs for Malay pilgrims. The photographs were probably... Show moreCollection of four full-length seated portraits of Muslim pilgrims from Sumatra and of sheikhs for Malay pilgrims. The photographs were probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddha between 1884 and 1885. The negatives had handwork applied and the original backgrounds have been substituted completely. Title and date from item. Plate no. 23 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXIII) and titled in German under each image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0023 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26517176 BIB-ID: 2831616 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Selayar Island (Indonesia)--Portraits
Full-length seated portrait of six pilgrims from the Indonesian archipelago of Selayar. They squat face forward, looking towards the camera. The... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of six pilgrims from the Indonesian archipelago of Selayar. They squat face forward, looking towards the camera. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negatives had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 26 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXVI) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0026 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2651879x BIB-ID: 2831673 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Pontianak (Indonesia)--Portraits, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Arabs, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Arabs--Portraits
Full-length seated portrait of four pilgrims from Pontianak, the capital of Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. The... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of four pilgrims from Pontianak, the capital of Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. The man on the left is described as an Arab from Hadhramaut (a region in South Arabia, mostly in present-day eastern Yemen, and part in Western Oman and Southern Saudi Arabia, who lived in Pontianak. They sit face forward on foldable chairs, looking towards the camera. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negative had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 27 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXVII) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.02074-0027 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518831 BIB-ID: 2831677 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Martapura (Indonesia)--Portraits
Full-length seated portrait of ten Muslim pilgrims from Martapura in Indonesia in the island of Borneo. They squat face forward, looking towards... Show moreFull-length seated portrait of ten Muslim pilgrims from Martapura in Indonesia in the island of Borneo. They squat face forward, looking towards the camera. The photograph was taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah between 1884 and 1885. The men are photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negatives had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 29 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXIX) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0029 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518910 BIB-ID: 2831687 Show less
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages, Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Indonesia--Portraits, Racially mixed children, Racially mixed children--Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
Full-length standing portrait showing five Muslim pilgrims from the island of Ambon, from the Kai Islands and from Banda in Indonesia. On the left,... Show moreFull-length standing portrait showing five Muslim pilgrims from the island of Ambon, from the Kai Islands and from Banda in Indonesia. On the left, a boy described as the son of a man from the island of Ambon and a woman from Mecca. The adults face forward, looking towards the camera, while the young man averts his eyes. The photograph was probably taken by Snouck Hurgronje in Jeddah or Mecca between 1884 and 1885. The group is photographed in a courtyard-like space with plants – some in wide wooden pots – foliage and a window, fronted by bars, visible in the background. The negatives had handwork applied. Title and date from item. Plate no. 30 in Bilder-Atlas zu Mekka (Haag : Martinus Nijhoff, 1888-1889). The plate is numbered (XXIX) and titled in German under the image. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.02074-0030 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26518922 BIB-ID: 2831688 Show less
