The Holy Mosques at Mecca.

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AMIN, Mohamed (photographer).

The Holy Mosques at Mecca.

The Holy Mosques at Mecca.

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Stock Code 110659

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1980

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History of the Holy Kaaba and Masjid al-Haram. Mohamed Amin was among the first photographers to record sections of the Holy Mosques of Mecca and Medina and be granted access to document Hajj. This publication is richly illustrated with Amin's skilfully captured images and text that contains historical descriptions of the Holy Kaaba and Masjid al Haram, along with summaries of their architectural developments and recent transformative construction undertaken by the Saudi Ministry.

First edition; parallel text in Arabic and English, landscape folio (27 x 38 cm); photographic illustrations throughout; some light finger-soiling, original decorated green boards, upper cover with gilt calligraphic design, some white marks to edges of lower cover.

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