Hajj Collection

Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - Sacred Carpet
Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - The Guard of Honour and Custodians of the Sacred Carpet Date: circa 1905

Mecca, Saudi Arabia - view toward the Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia - The holiest site in the Islamic World and a place of pilgrimage attracting many millions of Muslims each year from all over the world

Mecca, Saudi Arabia - Court of the Ka aba: overall view. Date: circa 1905

Pilgrims returning to Algeria from Mecca, having undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage every able-bodied Muslim is required to undertake at least once in their lifetime

Turkish Hodja
Turkish holy man ( Hodja ) - Constantinople. Once a man had taken pilgrimage to Mecca, he always wore a beard and was forthwith known as Haji (followed by his name) to denote this fact

Painting of a Turkish man - Constantinople. Once a man had taken pilgrimage to Mecca, he always wore a beard and was forthwith known as Haji (followed by his name) to denote this fact

Miss Lily Brayton in Hajj. Lily Brayton (1876-1953) was an English actress and singer. Date: early 20th century

Historical views of Hindoostan (India). The chariot festival at the temple of Jaggernaut (Jagannath) at Puri 52, widow stepping onto her husbands funeral pyre with a torch in the suttee ritual 53

Yemeni cavalry performing military exercises, 1800s
Yemeni cavalry performing military exercises. They gallop on horses in front of a fortress wall and mosque, while a soldier with musket watches. Ezercizi Militari del Yemen

The first caliphs of the Orthodox Caliphate: Alu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, wearing turbans, reading the koran. Califfi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios

Theatre poster, Hippodrome, Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton
Theatre poster, Hippodrome, Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton in Hajj. 1915

The Black Stone - The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
The Black Stone at the Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic, which according to Muslim tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve

Street in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Date: circa 1920s

The Entrance to the Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The holiest site in the Islamic World and a place of pilgrimage attracting many millions of Muslims each year from all over the world

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

Tomb or Mosque at Medina, Saudi Arabia
Unnamed Tomb or Mosque, Medina, Saudi Arabia - at the foor of Mount Uhud, north of Medina, Saudi Arabia - likely to now have been destroyed Date: 1928

Medina - Saudi Arabia - Hejaz Menaha Square - Caravan Date: circa 1905

Hajj - Prayer on Mount Arafat
Pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia - part of the Muslim Hajj Pilgrimage. Date: circa 1905

The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - The holiest site in the Islamic World and a place of pilgrimage attracting many millions of Muslims each year from all over the world

Grand Vizier Haji-Mullah Abbas Irvaani
Haji-Mullah Abbas Irvaani (Yerevani) mostly known as Haaj Mirza Aqasi or Hajj Mirza Aghasi - one of the most famous figures of the Qajar History of Iran (1796-1925)

Lebanon - Dervish Centre and Mosque
Beirut, Lebanon - Dervish Centre and Mosque for pilgrims en route to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Date: circa 1910

Transporting the Mahmal to Mecca onboard a British ship from Cairo to Jeddah - on pilgrimage to Mecca. The Egyptian Mahmal was an empty camel litter containing the Quran

Road to Mecca - Camels and Pilgrims. A beggar sits at the roadside, offered alms by a passing child

Sanliurfa, Turkey - Hodja
A Hodja (back centre) at Sanliurfa (often simply known as Urfa in daily language), formerly cited as Edessa in in Aramaic, Riha in Kurdish, and Urhay in Armenian) is a city in south-eastern Turkey

Arabs from Mecca. The man on the left holds a tesbih, a string of beads which can be counted off to match the 99 Names of God

Constantinople - Cemetery with Pilgrims
Pilgrims who have completed the Hajj to Mecca gather at a Constantinople Cemetery

Women departing on Pilgrimage
Turkish women in Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina, heading off on pilgrimage to Mecca wearing all-enveloping black burkas. Their children are wishing them farewell in the top-rght inset image

Pilgrims to Mecca in Ihram Clothing, mid-19th century
Engraving showing the typical garb worn by pilgrims to Mecca in the mid-19th century. Ihram is the intention to perform Hajj or Umrah and show devotion to Allah

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