Mecca Collection (page 2)

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

Battle of Uhud (23rd March 625). Hind, woman of Abu-Sufiyan and other pagan women of Mecca mutilate the fallen in Uhud. Miniature Painting. TURKEY. Istanbul. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - Turkey
The 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 covering cloth of the holy carpet - Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Cairo at His Majestys Theatre, London - Hast thou been to Mecca? Musical by Oscar Asche, music by Percy Fletcher, first produced October 1921. In America the show was renamed Mecca

Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque. Ottoman style. 15th century. En
Turkey. Bursa. Yesil Mosque or Mosque of Mehmed I. Ottoman style. Architect, Hac ?vaz Pasha, 15th century. Entrance with moc?rabe half-dome

Muhammad (c. 570-632), newborn with his mother, shows to his
Muhammad (c. 570-632), newborn on his mothers arms, shows to his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib and other inhabitants of Mecca. Miniature. Topkapi Museum. Istanbul. Turkey

Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Minbar, pulpit
Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Minbar, built by order sultan Murad III between 1574-1595

Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Mihrab, pointing towards Mec
Turkey. Istanbul. Hagia Sophia. Mihrab located in the apse where the altar used to stand, pointing towards Mecca

Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf. 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. al
Islamic art. Tombstone of Yusuf, son of Abdallah, son of Yusuf, son of Abu l-Fath. 5 sha ban 595 AH/ 2 june 1199 AD. Basalt. 76x42x20 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. L
Islamic art. Tombstone of Muhammad, son of al- Abbas, son of Muhammad, son of Utba, son of al-Hasan, son of al-Hasan. Signed: Ibrahim wrote. Late 9th-early 10th century. Basalt. 75x31x33 cm

Islamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh Afif Allah. 1365-6 AD. Bas
Islamic art. Tombstone of Shaykh Afif Allah, son of Abdallah, son of Ali, son of Sulayman son of Arafa, al-Makki. 767H, /1365-6 AD. Basalt. 50x57x22 cm. National Museum, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia

Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz. 2 november 1440 AD. al-Ma la cem
Tombstone of Abd al- Aziz, son of Yusuf, son of Abd al- Aziz al-Sultani. 6 jumada Ii 844 AH/2 november 1440 AD. Basalt; 94x38x10 cm. al-Ma la cementery, Mecca. Qasr Khizam Museum, Jedda

The Kaaba in Mecca. Colored engraving
The Kaaba in Mecca, the most sacred site in Islam. Saudi Arabia. Colored engraving. 19th century

Two women police officers with woman on London street
Two women police officers (Sergeant Neale, left, and Constable Cooper, right) talking to a fashionable young woman outside a Mecca Ballroom on a London street. Date: circa 1960s

Jac Kerner / Weinsberg Hom
JUSTINUS ADREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER Home at Weinsberg of the German poet and physician: it became a literary mecca Date: 1786 - 1862

Pilgrims at Mt Arafat
Mount Arafat during the Pilgrimage Date: 1853

Sacred Canopy, Mecca
The Mahmal - the Khedives sacred canopy, or litter - is taken annually from Cairo to Mecca (and is welcomed when it returns, recharged with holiness) Date: 1904

View down Rue Ramy toward Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus
View down Rue Ramy toward the Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle

Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Bronze Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria
Column at Marjeh Square, Damascus, Syria. This bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East - the line between

Meidan Cemetery, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - the site of the burial place of certain members of the Prophets family. Date: circa 1903

The Cemetery at Mecca, Saudi Arabia Date: 1880s

Muslims in Egypt at Prayer Date: circa 1909

Damascus, Syria - Marjeh - Palace of Justice - Mecca Column
Damascus, Syria - Palace of Justice - Marjeh Square and column. The bronze column was erected by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to commemorate the opening of the first telegraphic link in the Middle East

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

Depiction of Masjid al-Haram Mosque in Mecca. In the centre, the Kabba, the cube-shaped building where the Black Stone is kept. Islamic art. Ceramics. EGYPT. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts

Mecca. Manuscript from the 17th century. Islamic art.; Persian art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Newly born Muhammed is presented to the monk Abd el Muttalib and to the inhabitants of the Mecca. Islamic art. Miniature Painting

Mecca. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

India - The Prayer
Two Indian Muslim men at prayer Date: circa 1907

Mecca Ka-Aba
The black stone of the Ka aba at Mecca, the focus of Moslem pilgrims devotion. Date: circa 1860

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

Street Entertainer
A street entertainer performs a trick involving a tartan bag and a wooden box, much to the amusement of the tourists in Leicester Square, where Doctor Zhivago is on at the cinema! Date: 1966

Interior of a mosque - Turkey Date: circa 1900

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

Damascus, Syria - Chouhada Square
Damascus, Syria - Saahat El-Chouhada/ Place des Martyrs / Martyrs Square. The monument pictured is one erected by the Turks to commemorate the opening of Hijaz Railway

Praying in the Desert
A Moslem prays in the desert, his face towards Mecca, while his camel waits patiently Date: circa 1905

Racial / Arabs / Damascus
Two women from DAMASCUS, SYRIA, with between them a woman from the neighbourhood of MECCA, ARABIA Date: late 19th century

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

Egypt - Bridge for Mecca-bound caravan trains
Egypt - Bridge of boat pontoons across the Suez Canal for the caravan trains bound for Mecca

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

Imam at prayer inside the Ayasofya
Imam at prayer inside the famed Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) in Constantinople. Architects of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul were Anthemius of Tralles and Isadorus of Miletus

Algerian Fantasy card depicting Mecca

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

The Holy Carpet
The 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

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