1889 top of the arikah showing the chandelier, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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
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
Title Translation: Two different shots of the arikah (throne), on which one [a groom] in Mecca raises and attends to his virgin bride on the first night of marriage. In B, the groom sits where the bride should be seated
Creator(s): ?Abd al-Ghaffar, al-Sayyid, Physician of Mecca, photographer
Date Created/Published: [Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889]
Summary: Photograph shows a groom seated on the arikah and a view of the top of the arikah showing the chandelier, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Notes:
Title from caption list in portfolio.
Caption continues: 'vergl. Mekka, Bd. II, S. 167ff.' Translation: compare Mekka, Volume II, page 167 ff.
Plates no. XVIIIa and XVIIIb in portfolio: Bilder aus Mekka, C. Snouck Hurgronje. Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889.
Photograph attributed to al-Sayyid ?Abd al-Ghaffar by scholar Claude Sui. (Source: 'Travel to the Holy Land and photography in the nineteenth century' by Claude Sui. Chapter in: To the Holy Lands: Pilgrimage centres from Mecca and Medina to Jerusalem. Mannheim: Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, 2008, pages 56-63)
Stamped with chop of former owner: Minami Manshu Tetsudo Kabushiki Kaisha Toa Keizai Chosakyoku zosho no in (in position of Southern Manchuria Railroad Co. East Asia Economic Research Division).
Subjects:
Muslims--Clothing & dress--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890.
Grooms (Weddings)--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890.
Thrones--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890.
Albumen prints--1880-1890.
Chops--1880-1890.
Portfolios--1880-1890.
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