HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Hejaz: Mecca, Medina, and the Pilgrimage Routes
Historical photographs of old streets, sacred places, and pilgrimage journeys in Mecca, Medina, and the Hejaz.Inside this collection
Cities, places and album subjects
Pilgrims on the eastern slope of Arafat
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Pilgrims’ resting place at Muzdalifah
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Pilgrims at the foot of the Mount of Mercy at Arafat
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An old Mecca street with projecting windows
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A traditional wedding chair in Mecca
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An ornamented riding camel and people in Mecca
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Pilgrims gathered at Arafat
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Maymuna’s tomb and the visitors’ tents
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Congregational prayer in the Sacred Mosque
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Western Mina Valley during Hajj
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Portrait of Snouck Hurgronje in Mecca
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Two views of Maymuna’s tomb and the pilgrim camp
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The Mecca printing house
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Ajyad Fortress, the Hamidiyah building and the Mecca printing house
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Old Mecca neighbourhoods surrounding the Sacred Mosque
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The Sacred Mosque, Zamzam and the Kaaba from the eastern minaret
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Bab Ali gate of the Sacred Mosque and the Zamzam building
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Mecca, the Sacred Mosque and the Kaaba
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Portraits of the Meccan physician Abd al-Ghaffar, his son and city residents
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Old houses and city panorama of Mecca
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The Kaaba and the courtyard of the Sacred Mosque
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Close view of the Kaaba
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The Kaaba and the Sacred Mosque during Hajj
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Pilgrim tents on the outskirts of Mecca
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