Mecca Collection (page 7)

Mecca ca 1910 Camels tents pilgrims Saudi Arabia
Mecca, ca. 1910. Camels and tents of pilgrims. Mecca. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca ca 1910 Camel caravan pilgrims Saudi Arabia
Mecca, ca. 1910. Camel caravan of pilgrims to Mecca. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca ca 1910 Bird -eye Kaaba city background
Mecca, ca. 1910. Bird s-eye of Kaaba with city in background. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca ca 1910 Bird -eye view tent city outside
Mecca, ca. 1910. Bird s-eye view of tent city outside Kaaba. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca ca 1910 Bird -eye view uncrowded Kaaba
Mecca, ca. 1910. Bird s-eye view of uncrowded Kaaba. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca ca 1910 Close-up Kaaba Saudi Arabia
Mecca, ca. 1910. Close-up of the Kaaba. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca ca 1910 Bird -eye view Kaaba crowded w / pilgrims
Mecca, ca. 1910. Bird s-eye view of Kaaba crowded w/pilgrims. 1910, Saudi Arabia, Mecca

Mecca orientalist photography Ghaffar Abdul
Mecca, orientalist photography, Ghaffar, Abdul

Richard Burton As Haji Abdullah En Route To Mecca. Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890 British Explorer, Translator, Writer, Soldier, Orientalist, Ethnologist, Linguist, Poet, Hypnotist

Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Mu
Islamic art. Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Museum of Turkish and Islamic art. Turkey

Islam. Tombstone of al-Ghaliya, daughter of Abd al-Jabbar
Islamic art. Tombstone of al-Ghaliya, daughter of Abd al-Jabbar, son of al- Ala. 9th century. Basalt : 69x45x13 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Illustration of the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia and the Wailing Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem

The Tomb of Nadir Shah of Persia at Mecca
The Tomb of Nader Shah Afshar Nadir Shah (1688? - 1747) of Persia at Mecca. The hah of Iran. Date: 1880s

Street in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Date: circa 1920s

Battle of Uhud (23rd March 625). Hind, woman of Abu-Sufiyan and other pagan women of Mecca mutilate the fallen in Uhud. Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Sir Richard Burtons journey to Mecca, 1850s
Explorer Richard Burtons desert camp in Arabia during his journey to Mecca, 1850s. Color lithograph

Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - Turkey
The interior of the silk textile works of Bay Freres, Bursa, Turkey. The textile manufacturers of Bursa were responsible for making the silk velvet covering for the Ka aba in Mecca

The covering cloth of the holy carpet - Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Cairo at His Majestys Theatre, London - Hast thou been to Mecca? Musical by Oscar Asche, music by Percy Fletcher, first produced October 1921. In America the show was renamed Mecca

Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Mihrab, pointing towards Mec
Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Mihrab located in the apse where the altar used to stand, pointing towards Mecca

Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf. 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. al
Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf, son of Abdallah, son of Yusuf, son of Abu l-Fath. 5 sha ban 595 AH/ 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. 76x42x20 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz. 2 november 1440 AD. al-Ma la cem
Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz, son of Yusuf, son of Abd al- Aziz al-Sultani. 6 jumada Ii 844 AH/2 november 1440 AD. Basalt; 94x38x10 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Two women police officers with woman on London street
Two women police officers (Sergeant Neale, left, and Constable Cooper, right) talking to a fashionable young woman outside a Mecca Ballroom on a London street. Date: circa 1960s

Jac Kerner / Weinsberg Hom
JUSTINUS ADREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER Home at Weinsberg of the German poet and physician: it became a literary mecca Date: 1786 - 1862

Pilgrims at Mt Arafat
Mount Arafat during the Pilgrimage Date: 1853

Sacred Canopy, Mecca
The Mahmal - the Khedives sacred canopy, or litter - is taken annually from Cairo to Mecca (and is welcomed when it returns, recharged with holiness) Date: 1904

Mecca City Flags series N6 Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands
Artokoloro

Pasha grasping sword hip hands series Caravan
Artokoloro

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Dispatching the Mahmal, or Holy Carpet, from Cairo to Mecca

Arabia and India, from the Miller Atlas, c. 1519
BAL66756 Arabia and India, from the Miller Atlas, c.1519 by Reinel, Pedro (fl.c.1519); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; Portuguese, out of copyright

Camp Algiers, pilgrims returning from Mecca, 1855. Engraving

Return from Mecca, drawing by M. Bida. engraving 1855

The Kaaba, or kissing Stone Enclosure at Mecca
THE KaBA, OR " KISSING STONE " ENCLOSURE AT MECCA. Mecca, Bakkah. also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia

THE TOMB OF NADIR SHAH OF PERSIA AT MECCA. Mecca, Bakkah. also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia

THE CEMETERY AT MECCA. Mecca, Bakkah. also transliterated as Makkah, is a city in the Hejaz and the capital of Makkah Province in Saudi Arabia

Pilgrim Camp in the plain east of Mount Arafah, 1889 (albumen print)
XOS2634679 Pilgrim Camp in the plain east of Mount Arafah, 1889 (albumen print) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Mohammedan Pilgrims Returning home from Mecca, on the Deck of an Austrian Lloyd s
Mohammedan Pilgrims Returning home from Mecca, on the Deck of an Austrian Lloyds Steamer, 1876

MECCA: PILGRIMAGE, c1903. A crowd of Mahmal and Muslim pilgrims in Damascus, Syria after their pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Stereograph, c1903

MECCA: PILGRIMAGE, c1900. A caravan of Persian pilgrims on the way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Stereograph, c1900

MECCA: PILGRIMS, c1910. Muslim pilgrims on a train to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Stereograph, c1910

MECCA: PILGRIMS, c1910. A city of tents outside of the Ka ba at Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph, c1910

MECCA: PILGRIMS, c1910. Camels and tents of pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Photograph, c1910

CARAVAN, LATE 19th CENTURY. A caravan of soldiers and dignitaries during a pilgrimage to Mecca, after leaving Damascus. They carry a mahmal

MECCA: HAJJ RITUAL. Stoning the Great Devil
MECCA: HAJJ RITUAL. Stoning the " Great Devil." A Hajj ritual performed by Muslim pilgrims in the city of Mina, east of Mecca, Saudi Arabia

PILGRIMS TO MECCA, c1855. Male and female pilgrims on their way to Mecca wearing the tradional Ihram clothing. Lithograph, English, mid-19th century

PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA. Stoning the Devil. Muslim pilgrims throwing pebbles at walls (jamarat) at Muzdalifah, near Mecca, during the annual Hajj

Meidan Cemetery, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - the site of the burial place of certain members of the Prophets family. Date: circa 1903

The Cemetery at Mecca, Saudi Arabia Date: 1880s

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