Mekka // Mecca, Saudi Arabia 1889

Dritte Ansicht der Stadt Mekka: links die nördliche Ecke der Moschee; ein wenig südöstlich von derselben das Ba¯b ès-salam, durch welches die Pilger in die Moschee eintreten
Title: Dritte Ansicht der Stadt Mekka: links die nördliche Ecke der Moschee; ein wenig südöstlich von derselben das Ba¯b ès-salam, durch welches die Pilger in die Moschee eintreten
Title Translation: Third view of the city of Mecca: left is the northern corner of the mosque, a bit to the southeast of it is the Bab ès-salam, through which pilgrims enter the mosque
Creator(s): ?Abd al-Ghaffar, al-Sayyid, Physician of Mecca, photographer
Date Created/Published: [Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889]
Summary: Photograph shows a view of the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Al-Masjid al-?aram (the Great Mosque) and the Bab ès-salam are not visible in the image.
Notes:
Title from caption list in portfolio.
Photograph is the right center section of a four part panorama which includes Plates II, III, and V.
Plate no. IV 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:
Buildings--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890.
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--1880-1890.
Aerial views--1880-1890.
Albumen prints--1880-1890.
Chops--1880-1890.
Cityscapes--1880-1890.
Portfolios--1880-1890.
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