Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902)
Saudi Arabia, 1880.
Mecca, the Kaaba, the Holy Place of Islam and pilgrimage.
Albumin photo from the 1880s pasted on a period cardboard.
On the back of the cardboard, a pasted photograph representing a boat in Brittany / France (same dimensions). Dimensions of the photographs : 12x16 cm. Size of the cardboard : 17,2x26 cm.
Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1832-1902), of Egyptian nationality, was one of the first photographers to take pictures of pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, first in 1861 and again in 1880.
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