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Photographic postcard of Al-Baqi' Committee, Medina
(بطاقة بريدية فوتوغرافية لجنة البقيع ، المدينة)

Title	Photographic postcard of Al-Baqi' Committee, Medina
Title Original	بطاقة بريدية فوتوغرافية لجنة البقيع ، المدينة
Publication Date:	The beginning of the twentieth century
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الألبوم المغلق : 24 × 31 سم ، الألبوم المفتوح : 24 × 67.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ARC.pc 400/401
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;14;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	The beginning of the twentieth century
Notes	When connected together, these picture postcards create a panoramic view of the Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medina. It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad. This cemetery is located at the southeastern end of the Prophet’s Mosque and the site was tested by the Prophet as an exclusive cemetery for Muslims. It is known as the oldest and most historically important Islamic cemetery. Many of the Prophet's companions, members of his family, and their followers are buried there. Although early travel accounts (for example, Ibn Jubayr, who died in 1217 AD) say that the exact location of many graves has been lost, it was not until 1925 that it was possible to determine the locations of many graves of important early Muslims. For Shiite Muslims, the cemetery is where the four Shiite imams are buried, making it a special place to visit. In this panoramic view, the buildings built over the important graves can be identified. The large building seen in ARC.pc 401 is the shrine of the Prophet's family (members of the Prophet's family), while the smaller buildings are known to have been the private chambers of the Prophet's wives and children. The buildings and tombstones no longer exist as they were vandalized by the Wahhabis under Ibn Saud in 1926. The original photographs were taken by a Turkish photographer for Bernhard Moritz, a professor of oriental languages in Berlin, during his travels in the Middle East between 1905 and 1915. They were first published in “Portraits of Palestine, Northern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula”, which contains 105 photographs of the Middle East and was published by Moritz in 1926. 1916.
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Photographic postcard of Al-Baqi' Committee, Medina

(بطاقة بريدية فوتوغرافية لجنة البقيع ، المدينة)

Publication Date The beginning of the twentieth century

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

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الألبوم المغلق : 24 × 31 سم ، الألبوم المفتوح : 24 × 67.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ARC.pc 400/401

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;14;ar

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

Date The beginning of the twentieth century

Notes When connected together, these picture postcards create a panoramic view of the Al-Baqi Cemetery in Medina. It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad. This cemetery is located at the southeastern end of the Prophet’s Mosque and the site was tested by the Prophet as an exclusive cemetery for Muslims. It is known as the oldest and most historically important Islamic cemetery. Many of the Prophet's companions, members of his family, and their followers are buried there. Although early travel accounts (for example, Ibn Jubayr, who died in 1217 AD) say that the exact location of many graves has been lost, it was not until 1925 that it was possible to determine the locations of many graves of important early Muslims. For Shiite Muslims, the cemetery is where the four Shiite imams are buried, making it a special place to visit. In this panoramic view, the buildings built over the important graves can be identified. The large building seen in ARC.pc 401 is the shrine of the Prophet's family (members of the Prophet's family), while the smaller buildings are known to have been the private chambers of the Prophet's wives and children. The buildings and tombstones no longer exist as they were vandalized by the Wahhabis under Ibn Saud in 1926. The original photographs were taken by a Turkish photographer for Bernhard Moritz, a professor of oriental languages in Berlin, during his travels in the Middle East between 1905 and 1915. They were first published in “Portraits of Palestine, Northern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula”, which contains 105 photographs of the Middle East and was published by Moritz in 1926. 1916.

Sample Text “Photographic postcard of Al-Baqi' Committee, Medina” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;14;ar