Hajj Photographs--Egyptian University.

Oblong 4to (172 x 235mm.), 105 photographs (average 65 x 110mm., or the reverse; some smaller or larger), mounted on card, mostly recto only, some recto and verso, nearly all captioned on the reverse in Arabic, contemporary green cloth, upper cover titled in Arabic, some tissue guards torn, binding rubbed

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This album records a pilgrimage from 3 February to 3 March 1938 to Makkah and Al-Madinah of a commission from the Egyptian University, including scholars such as Ahmad Amin and Abdul Wahhab Azzam. The photographs appear to have been taken by Muhammad Hafez al Salmawi of the Literature faculty and there is a signed photograph of him dedicated to Muhammad Fuad Omar, who was also a member of the commission; there is also a photograph of them together in pilgrim's robes. The other photographs include the commission in Suez, on board ship, at Jeddah, views in Makkah (including the al Haram mosque and Ka'ba), Al-Madinah, various group shots and street scenes, including images of King Adbul Aziz Ibn Saud's army.