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Place Mecca, Sharifate of Mecca, Ottoman Hijaz Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 174

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174
Title:
Album: 'Views of Mecca and Medina' by H. A. Mirza & Sons, Photographers
Scope & Content:
The album contains historical and architectural views of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, which relate to a South Asian Muslim perspective of the hadj. Contents: 1 'Picture of the Tents of the Turks' 2 'Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant' 3 'Picture of the City of Mecca the Grea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:
13 b/w photographic prints within blue card mounts, bound into one volume

2. Photo 174(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(3)
Title:
Picture of the City of Mecca the Great. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Caaba and Sanctuary at Mecca from an elevated position due East of the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque. Parts of the northwest of the city of Mecca are visible in the background. Due to the relatively slow shutter speed used by the photographer, the m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photograph held within a blue card window mount

3. Photo 174(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(5)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Mecca the Great. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Caaba and Sanctuary at Mecca from a position within the Masjid al-Haram west-southwest of the Caaba. Pilgrims surround the Caaba; all are facing it while some are performing the tawaf – the ritual of circumambulation of the Caaba seven times in a counte...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

4. Photo 174(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(11)
Title:
Picture of the Paradise of al-Ma'ala. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the cemetery known as the Paradise of al-Ma’ala or Jannat al-Mualla, situated north northeast of the Masjid al-Haram, in which several of the Prophet Mohammed’s relatives were buried. Some of those buried there are listed in the surrounding prose, includi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

1 b/w photographic print laid down on a blue card window mount

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