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Saudi Arabia MeccaThe Kaaba, or Kissing Stone enclosure
Mecca / KaabaTHE KaBA AT MECCA
Masjid Al Haram, MeccaTraditionally inaugurated by Abraham, the Masjid al-Haram at Mecca, for Moslems the holiest place on Earth, houses the Ka aba containing a black meteorite venerated by Islam. Date: BCE - present
Mecca, Saudi Arabia - view toward the KaabaMecca, 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
The Grand Mosque of Mecca, showing the Kaaba, 1800s. Tempio della Mecca. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Tombs in the Temple of Bel or Baal, Palmyra, Syria. Sepolcri di Palmira. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient
Yemeni cavalry performing military exercises, 1800sYemeni 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
Sacred place called Beb Saffa formed by three arches in a street in Mecca. Illustration by Ali Bey el Abbassi from his Travels in Morocco, Tripoli, Cyprus, Egypt, Arabia, Syria and Turkey
View looking down toward the Kaaba (al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah) - Mecca, Saudi ArabiaView looking down toward the Kaaba (al-Kaʿ bah al-Musharrafah) - Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Date: circa 1920s
Mecca. Angels decorating the Kaba at the birth of prophet Muhammad. Miniature. Book of Sufti Abdullah, master painter at the court of the Sultan Murad III, 1595. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey
The Black Stone - The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaThe 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
Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). MuIslamic art. Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Museum of Turkish and Islamic art. Turkey
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
Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - TurkeyThe interior of the silk textile works of Bay Freres, Bursa, Turkey. The textile manufacturers of Bursa were responsible for making the silk velvet covering for the Ka aba in Mecca
The Holy Carpet transported to Mecca - Arrival, Saudi ArabiaThe Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet arriving in Saudi Arabia en route to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed
The Holy Carpet transported to Mecca - Crossing the Red SeaThe Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet being transported across the Red Sea en route to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca
Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque. Ottoman style. 15th century. EnTurkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque or Mosque of Mehmed I. Ottoman style. Architect, Hac ?vaz Pasha, 15th century. Entrance with moc?rabe half-dome
The Kaaba in Mecca. Colored engravingThe Kaaba in Mecca, the most sacred site in Islam. Saudi Arabia. Colored engraving. 19th century
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
SUFTI ABDULLAH (16th century). Angels decorating the Kaaba. 1594. Ottoman art. Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Library of Ahmed III (Topkapi Palace)
Algerian Fantasy card depicting Mecca
The Holy CarpetThe start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1
The Holy Carpet carried to MeccaThe start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1
Religion / Islam / MeccaMecca pilgrims, having set eyes on the Kaaba, choose to blind themselves (by staring at red-hot bricks) rather than look at anything less sacred Date: 1905