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English: This is a cropped and lightly edited version of A Panorama of the Meccan Sanctuary and its Environs, signed by Muhammad Sadiq Bey and dated 1297 AH (1880 AD), originally uploaded from the Khalili Collections by User:MartinPoulter (KC WIR) on 13:26, 28 July 2021 13:26.

This version of the image has been slightly cropped, and certain quality elements have been enhanced, including white balance, color temp, saturation, contrast, and sharpness. The image has also been extended with a white mat to facilitate printing and framing.

The original photograph is an albumin print, mounted on card. From the original media file description:

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, travelling numerous times to the Hijaz. Using a technique first invented in the 1850s, Sadiq Bey took his first photographs in 1861 using glass plate negatives, especially useful for large-format frames. His most important photographs, of both the buildings and interior of the sanctuaries at Mecca and Medina, as well as sites at Arafat and Mina, were taken in 1880 and 1881. For the first time, the pilgrimage and the holy cities were precisely and realistically documented.