A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

A COLLECTION OF SIX PHOTOGRAPHS OF MECCA AND MEDINA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3004702

6 photographs of Mecca and Medina: a view of Medina, the arrival of Mahmal, al-Masjid al-Nabawi, and a view of al-Masjid asl-Haram. 25 by 20 cm. Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902) was the first person to take photographs of Mecca, Medina and the Hajj in 1880 and 1881. These photographs which are after Sadiq Bey's originals comprise a panorama of Mecca, a view of the Kaaba, the Prophet's mosque at Medina, a view of the city of Medina, two photographs of the Mahmal, a panorama of pilgrims' camp at Muna, and a photograph of al-Sharif Shawkat Pasha and his attendants.