AFTER AL-SAYYID 'ABD AL-GHAFFAR, A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS OF THE HAJJ CEREMONIES FROM AN OLD ALBUM, BETWEEN 1900-1930
Abd al-Ghaffar is the earliest known photographer from Mecca and the first resident to photograph the holy city. He ranks alongside Mohammed Sadiq Bey and Snouck Hurgronje, as a pioneer photographer of the holy sites of Islam in Arabia. (10)