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A photographic view called “Prayers around the Kaaba”
(منظر فوتوغرافي مسمى صلوات حول الكعبة )

Title	A photographic view called “Prayers around the Kaaba”
Title Original	منظر فوتوغرافي مسمى صلوات حول الكعبة
Publication Date:	AD 1886 - 9
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Mini album edition
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	وهي مثبتة 32×42 ، بدون تثبيت18.5×24 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ARC.pp 29
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;3;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	AD 1886 - 9
Notes	The photo, called “Praying around the Kaaba,” is signed by the Meccan doctor Abdul Ghaffar, the first resident of Mecca to photograph the Grand Mosque. In 1885, photographer Christian Snook Hürgrunge, the first European photographer in Mecca, taught Abdul Ghaffar how to use the camera better. When Snook was expelled from the Hijaz, he left his photographic equipment with Abdul Ghaffar, who took a series of important photographs of the Hajj rituals. Many of his photographs of the Hajj were used in Snook’s book (Photographs from Mecca), which was published in 1889. (See ARC section 784: Hajj and Hajj Arts/Collections. Al-Khalili).
Sample Text	“Photographic view called “Prayers around the Kaaba”” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;3;ar

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A photographic view called “Prayers around the Kaaba”

(منظر فوتوغرافي مسمى صلوات حول الكعبة )

Publication Date AD 1886 - 9

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Mini album edition

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions وهي مثبتة 32×42 ، بدون تثبيت18.5×24 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ARC.pp 29

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;3;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date AD 1886 - 9

Notes The photo, called “Praying around the Kaaba,” is signed by the Meccan doctor Abdul Ghaffar, the first resident of Mecca to photograph the Grand Mosque. In 1885, photographer Christian Snook Hürgrunge, the first European photographer in Mecca, taught Abdul Ghaffar how to use the camera better. When Snook was expelled from the Hijaz, he left his photographic equipment with Abdul Ghaffar, who took a series of important photographs of the Hajj rituals. Many of his photographs of the Hajj were used in Snook’s book (Photographs from Mecca), which was published in 1889. (See ARC section 784: Hajj and Hajj Arts/Collections. Al-Khalili).

Sample Text “Photographic view called “Prayers around the Kaaba”” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;3;ar