HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Mecca
The old streets and sacred places of Mecca and Medina, and the Hajj journey through the Hejaz, in historic photographs.
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 · 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 · 1886–1888An Indian merchant and Ottoman officials in Mecca
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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 · 1884–1888Portrait plate including women from Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1888–1889Maymuna’s tomb and the pilgrim camp
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Catalogue date · 1887–1889Old houses and city panorama of Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1928An old Mecca street with projecting windows
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Catalogue date · 1889A traditional wedding chair in Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1889An ornamented riding camel and people in Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1889Maymuna’s tomb and the visitors’ tents
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Catalogue date · 1889Congregational prayer in the Sacred Mosque
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Catalogue date · 1885Portrait of Snouck Hurgronje in Mecca
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Catalogue date · 1889Two views of Maymuna’s tomb and the pilgrim camp
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Catalogue date · 1889The Mecca printing house
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Catalogue date · 1889Ajyad Fortress, the Hamidiyah building and the Mecca printing house
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