Mecca and Medina. Collection of eight photographs

MECCA ̶ AFTER MUHAMMED SADIQ BEY

Eight photographs, including two panoramas, of Mecca, Medina and the Mahmal. [modern prints after the 1880s originals]

8 photographs (from 198 x 275mm. to 145 x 450mm.), modern copy prints, each mounted on card, stained and slightly worn

Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902) was the first person to take photographs of Mecca, Medina and the Hajj in 1880 and 1881. These photographs which are after Sadiq Bey's originals comprise a panorama of Mecca, a view of the Kaaba, the Prophet's mosque at Medina, a view of the city of Medina, two photographs of the Mahmal, a panorama of pilgrims' camp at Muna, and a photograph of al-Sharif Shawkat Pasha and his attendants.