Caption
Die zwischen Muna und Arafah situated Pilgerstation Muzdal'fah, View of Muzdalifah, located between Mina and the plain of Arafat, during the Hajj, album page, photomechanical print, This print is part of an album., number: 'XII', photographer: Abd al-Ghaffar, Muzdalifah, cliché maker: anonymous, 1889, Abd al-Ghaffar, photographer, cliché maker, Saudi Arabia, pasteboard, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 270 mm x width 360 mm, other ritual practices, Islam, Mohammedanism, Hajj, Period, 1888-03-30 - 1888-04-27, A wide, sepia-toned landscape shows a flat, rocky plain stretching toward distant hazy mountains under a pale sky, with a tall tower and adjacent building near the middle left skyline. Groups of people are scattered across the plain, some standing, some sitting, and several small clusters of animals, including pack animals, are gathered near the center and right. In the foreground three figures stand together facing away, and a few other solitary figures sit or stand on rocky ground. Vegetation appears sparse with low tufts of grass and scattered stones across the terrain.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
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LZT26A79_454
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