Sharif Yahya,Sharif Ahmad,Sharif Abd èl-Muttalib,Silver Saddle,Slave

Das Reitkameel (Hèdjin) des Scherif Jah_ja, eines Sohnes des Scherif Ah_med, dessen Vater der berühmte 1886 verstorbene Grossscherif Abd èl-Mut_t_álib ... mit einer reich mit Silber gestickten Satteldecke (batat). Den Zaum hält der Sklave Jah_ja's; neben diesem steht Jah_ja selbst im Reiteranzug und links in langen Kleidern zwei Scherife niedrigeren Ranges
Title: Das Reitkameel (Hèdjin) des Scherif Jah_ja, eines Sohnes des Scherif Ah_med, dessen Vater der berühmte 1886 verstorbene Grossscherif Abd èl-Mut_t_álib ... mit einer reich mit Silber gestickten Satteldecke (batat). Den Zaum hält der Sklave Jah_ja's; neben diesem steht Jah_ja selbst im Reiteranzug und links in langen Kleidern zwei Scherife niedrigeren Ranges
Title Translation: The riding camel (hajin) of Sharif Ya?ya, one of the sons of Sharif A?mad, whose father was the famous Great Sharif Abd èl-Mu??alib... who died in 1886 with saddle covers (batat) that are richly embroidered with silver. The bridle is held by the slave of
Creator(s): ?Abd al-Ghaffar, al-Sayyid, Physician of Mecca, photographer
Date Created/Published: [Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1889]
Summary: Photograph shows four members of a ruling family of Mecca standing with a camel which is wearing a highly ornamented saddle of wool panels with silver embroidery, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Notes:
Title from caption list in portfolio.
Caption continues: 'vergl. über diesen letzten König Mekka's vom alten Schlage Mekka, Bd. I, S. 166ff, 174ff.' Translation: compare this to the latest King of Mecca from the old shots, Volume I, page 166 ff., 174 ff.
Plate no. XVII 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.
Saddles--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890.
Camels--Saudi Arabia--Mecca--1880-1890.
Albumen prints--1880-1890.
Chops--1880-1890.
Group portraits--1880-1890.
Portfolios--1880-1890.
Portrait photographs--1880-1890.
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