Snapshots of the Past

[Pilgrims at Muzdalifah between Arafat and Mina, outside Mecca] – Antique Print

[Pilgrims at Muzdalifah between Arafat and Mina, outside Mecca], 1889 — historic photograph
[Pilgrims at Muzdalifah between Arafat and Mina, outside Mecca], 1889. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare historic photograph captures [Pilgrims at Muzdalifah between Arafat and Mina, outside Mecca] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

[Pilgrims at Muzdalifah between Arafat and Mina, outside Mecca]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Muzdalifah, the open ground between Arafat and Mina just outside Mecca, is where pilgrims on the Hajj gather for the night after leaving Arafat and before the stoning rites at Mina. This plate is the twelfth in *Bilder aus Mekka*, a portfolio published by the Dutch firm E.J. Brill in Leiden in 1889. Its maker, the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, lived in Mecca for several months in the 1880s, and his photographs record pilgrim life at a time when few outsiders could enter the holy city.

Created / published1889
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsPhotoprint by C. Snouck Hurgronje. Plate no. XII in portfolio: Hurgronje, C. Snouck. Bilder aus Mekka. Leiden : E.J. Brill, 1889. This record contains partially verified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geog.; Relig.--Moslem; Ph.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,209 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-158794

More from the Historic Print Archive collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[J. Reuben Clark, Secretary of State Kellogg talking (on telephone with Austrian Chancellor), Edgar L.G. Prochnik and C.T. Claggett, at formal opening of the Trans-Atlantic Telephone Service between their Nations at the State Department in Washingotn][J. Reuben Clark, Secretary of State Kellogg talking (on telephone with AustrianBonito Bend between Labyrinth and Stillwater CanyonsBonito Bend between Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons[Stocks and pillory outside the restored public gaol, Williamsburg, Virginia][Stocks and pillory outside the restored public gaol, Williamsburg, Virginia]Single combat to be decided by the judgment of GodSingle combat to be decided by the judgment of GodBehind the scenesBehind the scenes[Treasury Department - Secretary of the Treasury Department's office][Treasury Department - Secretary of the Treasury Department's office]