HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Historic Photographs of Mecca and Medina
The old streets and sacred places of Mecca and Medina, and the Hajj journey through the Hejaz, in historic photographs.Inside this collection
Cities, places and album subjects
Catalogue date · 1907The Sacred Mosque and the Kaaba in a quiet moment
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Catalogue date · 1907Panorama of Mecca showing the Sacred Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1907The Kaaba, the Sacred Mosque courtyard and the houses of Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1920Umm Hani gate of the Sacred Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1941Pilgrim tents at Arafat
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Catalogue date · 1907Circumambulation of the Kaaba with Mecca’s houses in the background
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Catalogue date · 1908Mahmal procession through the streets of Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1907The Kaaba and the Sacred Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1905Photograph showing the Kaaba and surrounding structures
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Catalogue date · 1916Anbariyah Street and the Egyptian pilgrims’ guesthouse
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Catalogue date · 1916Panorama of Medina from Mount Sela
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Catalogue date · 1886–1888An Indian merchant and Ottoman officials in Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1916Southeastern corner of the courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1916The old minaret and Green Dome of the Prophet’s Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1916Bab al-Salam gate of the Prophet’s Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1916Manakha Square between the old city and the western quarter
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Catalogue date · 1916The Ummahat mausoleum and its surroundings at Al-Baqi
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Catalogue date · 1916Mahmal procession in Manakha Square
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Catalogue date · 1910–1919Former mausoleums and burial grounds at Al-Baqi
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Catalogue date · 1886The Kaaba during Hajj
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Catalogue date · 1888A Kaaba gatekeeper from the Bani Shaybah family
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Catalogue date · 1886–1888A merchant in Mecca and a Circassian man recorded in the catalogue as enslaved
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Catalogue date · 1916Al-Baqi cemetery and its former mausoleums
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Catalogue date · 1884–1888Portrait plate including women from Mecca
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