'Die Moschee und der nordwestliche Theil der Stadt'.

Title:

'Die Moschee und der nordwestliche Theil der Stadt'.

Date:

1888/1888

Description:

Genre/Subject MatterThis panoramic view over Mecca showing most of the Masjid al-Haram and the northwest portion of the city is likely a print of a drawing after a photograph or series of photographs of the same view by the Mekkan photographer, and doctor, al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār.Numbers printed within the image refer to locations indicated in a key (in German) below the image. These are as follows: Office of the Qādhi; Castle on Jebel Hindi; Building housing the Zamzam well; Minbar; Maqām al-H̱anafī; Maqām al-Mālikī; and Maqām al-H̱anbalī.An additional note in German states that ‘the steps to the Caaba and the Maqām Ibrahīm, which is also the Maqām el-Schāfi’ī’, are obscured from view by the Zamzam building.'InscriptionsPrinted above image, in ink:IPrinted beneath image, in ink:‘Die Moschee und der nordwestliche Theil der Stadt.’‘1. Amt des Qādhī’s. 2. Festung auf dem Djèbèl Hindī. 3. Gebäude des Zemzembrunnens. 7. Mimbar (Kanzel). 8. Maqām èl-H̱anafī. 9. Maqām èl-Mālikī. 10. Maqām èl-H̱ambalī. Die Treppen zur Ka’bah und der Maqām Ibrāhīm (zugleich Maqām ès-Schāfi’ī) sind hier durch das Zemzemgebäude dem Auge entzogen.’Scattered throughout image: numbers 1–3; 7–101 print (possibly lithographic) of a drawing after a photographDimensions:164 x 410 mmFormat:1 line engraving after a photograph, printed onto two pages and bound into volumeCondition:The print is in good condition with only minor surface dirt throughout.Foliation:‘I’

Language:

German

Type:

Photograph

Type (Narrower):

Photographs

Type (Broader):

Image

Subject:

Landscape photography
Mosques
Historic buildings

Extent:

1 print (possibly lithographic) of a drawing after a photograph

Rights:

Public Domain

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100023619120.0x00002e_ar
81055/vdc_100023619120.0x00002e_en
1781.b.6/1

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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