Amazing - Earliest Photos of Makkah from over 100 years ago (incl. Quran recitation from 1885)

subhanAllah amazing images of the Kab'ah and Makkah from over 100 years ago from the year 1885 Gregorian and 1301H. The city of Makkah looks as blessed as ever *smiles*

Includes Quran recitation of surah Duha from the same period, over 100 years ago!

Sourced from CNN

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Snouck's extraordinary collection of sepia-tinted images of Mecca in a bygone age have gone on display in Dubai ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage that originally drew him to the heart of Islam.

Accompanied by crackling, eerie soundscapes captured by Snouck using Thomas Edison's newly-invented wax cylinders, the exhibition paints a very different picture from the ornate and built-up Mecca familiar to modern visitors.

Among the newly-restored platinum prints, one image taken from a nearby hillside shows the Kaaba, the instantly recognizable cubic building considered by Muslims to be the holiest place on the planet.

But though the galleried compound which surrounds it is echoed by Mecca's contemporary architecture, the sparsely-built city of Snouck's era bears only a passing resemblance, as do the rudimentary travelers' tents on the dusty plains outside the city.

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• mecca
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• photos makkah
• recitation
• surah duha
• amazing

[AichaBlueSky]

Subhan Allah. Listening to the recitation of Surah Duha from all those years ago is just amazing masha Allah.. the words of the Qur'an will never change as it is the word of Allah.

[WeBorn2DieAnyTime]

As Salaam aleykum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh

Allahu Akbar

Qur'an is amazing, and masha Allah

I hope I can read like that Insha Allah.,

Insha Allah bring more if you can !

Jazaka Allah kheiran for sharing

wasalaam aleykum warahmatullaahi wabarakaatuh.

[DJshahEshah]

ottoman times :) mashallah beautiful

[FATAL12SKILLZ]

I wonder who was the blessed sheikh, subhan'Allah it is a shock that there have been billions of billions (if not trillions) of men who surpassed us in this beautiful deen, who has beautiful voices.

[Pizziesta]

Jaza'Khallah Khrair. :) Wonderful recitation. Amazing pleasure it gives.

I guess CNN deliberately included those Muslims without much beard :p

[ditao73]

Jazak Allah khair

[fleent999]

سبحان الله وبحمده .. سبحان الله العظيم