Mecca—al-Sayyid Abd al-Ghaffar

Photograph of the Haram al-Sharif𝓡 and Kaab🦩a at Mecca, c. 1887

ALBUMEN P𝕴RINT (183 x 237mm.),&nﷺbsp;captioned in Arabic in the negative, mounted, framed and glazed

A RARE PHOTOGRAPH BY THE FIRST ARAB PHOTOGRAPHER OF MECCA. Abd al-Ghaffar is the earliest known photographer from Mecca and the first resident to photograph the holy ciᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚty. He ranks alongside Mohammed Sadiq Bey and Snouck Hurgronje, as a pioneer ph🐼otographer of the holy sites of Islam in Arabia.