Mecca—Abd al-Ghaffar | Photograph of the Haram al-Sharif and Kaaba at Mecca, circa 1887

Mecca—Abd Al-Ghaffar

Photograph of the Haram al-Sharif and Kaaba at Mecca, circa 1887

ALBUMEN PRINT (116 x 160mm.), slight fading

Abd al-Ghaffar is the earliest known photographer from Mecca and the first resident to photograph the holy city. He ranks alongside Mohammed Sadiq Bey and Snouck Hurgronje, as a pioneer photographer of the holy sites of Islam in Arabia.

This appears to be a slightly reduced contemporaneous copy print without the usual Arabic caption.