All About the Ka'bah

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01/06/2026

Muhammad Sadiq Bey was the first person to take photographs of Mecca, Medina and the Hajj. An Egyptian army engineer and surveyor, he was also the treasurer of the Egyptian Hajj caravan.

01/06/2026

Kaaba - An old photograph. 1940s.

01/06/2026

An European news magazine shows flood in Makkah (Kaaba).

01/06/2026

An old Ottoman print of Kaaba.
1890s

27/05/2026

Kaaba, Safa and Marwa in the back ground.

27/05/2026

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We are seeing the Yemeni corner of the Kaaba. A few pilgrims are performing twaaf. The Hanafi mussalah is on the left, and the dome of the muqam-e-Ibrahim (AS) is visible on the right of this rare photo.

c.1920s

27/05/2026

A rare old photograph of Kaaba. Shah Faisal participating in a ceremony of the ‘Holy Kaaba’s washing function’; must be in late 60s or early 70s before his death.

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27/05/2026

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Hijaz Railway with pilgrims crosses through desert and mountainous terrain.

Built upon the order of Ottoman ruler Sultan Abdulhamid II, the Hejaz Railway provided a modern means to transport pilgrims to Mecca and Medina by replacing old camel caravans as well as served to strengthen relations in the Islamic world

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