ISBN10: 1597840548, ISBN13: 9781597840545, [publisher: New Jersey: The Light, Inc. 2006.] Hardcover DORDUNCU, MEHMET BAHADIR Mecca - Madina: The Yildiz album of Abdulhamid II. New Jersey: The Light, Inc. 2006. Oblong 4to., 140 p., b/w photos. In English. Special Ottoman style red velvet binding. New ISBN: 1597840548 CATALOG: Photographs KEYWORDS: Mecca Madinah Arabia hadj - pilgrimage photography Ottoman Period History of islam The most exquisite memories of the Ottoman history are brought back to life with an album of photographs from the Yildiz Collection. In the 1880s upon an order of Sultan Abdlhamid II, Mecca and Medina, the two sanctuaries of Islam, were photographed and catalogued, together with thousands of other frames that portrayed the Ottoman lands. There are over 80 photographs in the album showing us what these blessed cities looked like in the 19th century and what they have lost over the course of time.
[Istanbul, Turkey] [Publication Year: 2006]