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1. 1781.b.6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.6/1
Title:
'Die Moschee und der nordwestliche Theil der Stadt'.
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This panoramic view over Mecca showing most of the Masjid al-Haram and the northwest portion of the city is likely a print of a drawing after a photograph or series of photographs of the same view by the Mekkan photographer, and doctor, al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār. Numbers ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1888
Extent:

1 print (possibly lithographic) of a drawing after a photograph

2. 1781.b.6/2

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.6/2
Title:
'Die Moschee'.
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This south-southwest view inside the Masjid al-Haram of the Caaba and surrounding structures is a print of a drawing after a photograph of the same view by the Meccan photographer, and doctor, al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār. This photograph, in the collection of the Universitei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1888
Extent:

1 print (possibly lithographic) of a drawing after a photograph

3. 1781.b.6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.6/6
Title:
'Die von Othman Pascha erbaute Hauptwache'. Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter: This street view depicts the main guardhouse or police station in Mecca, described as being newly built by Othman Pascha. The two-storey building features the Ottoman star and crescent symbols on the cornice and what appears to be a royal toughra at the centre of the pedim...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
German
Date Range:
1888
Extent:

1 print of a drawing

4. Photo 174(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(2)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Haram (Sanctuary) of the Masjid al-Nabawi or Mosque of the Prophet at Medina from an elevated position northwest of the oldest portion of the building which contains the tombs of Mohammed, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. The dome erected over them,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
c 1907
Extent:

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

5. 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

6. Photo 174(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(4)
Title:
Picture of the Sanctuary of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows the Haram (Sanctuary) of the Masjid al-Nabawi or Mosque of the Prophet at Medina from an elevated position northeast of the oldest portion of the building, which contains the tombs of Mohammed, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab. The dome erected over them...
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

7. 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

8. Photo 174(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(7)
Title:
Picture of the City of Medina the Radiant. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This image shows a panoramic view of the city of Medina from an elevated position outside of the city walls, possibly from a rocky outcrop which is still to be found northwest of the Masjid al-Nabawi. Part of the old walls of the city – raised to 25m by Sultan ‘Abd al-ʿAzīz...
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

9. Photo 174(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(9)
Title:
Picture of the Mosque of Khaif and Mina. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This photograph was taken from an elevated view northeast of the Masjid al-Khayf in Mina, seven kilometres east of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. Mina is a station of the hadj, where pilgrims camp out on the 8th, 11th, 12th (and some on the 13th) of Dhul-Hijjah, as can be se...
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

10. Photo 174(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 174(10)
Title:
Picture of the Mausoleum of Our Lord Amir Hamza, May God Be Pleased upon Him. Photographer: H. A. Mirza & Sons
Scope & Content:
Genre/Subject Matter This photograph depicts the mausoleum dedicated to Amir Hamza as well as, in the background, Mount Uhud, approximately 4-5 km north of the Masjid al-Nabawi, Medina. It was taken from a position southeast or southwest of the mausoleum. The surrounding text makes reference ...
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