Photographer in Hajj, Mohamed Effendi Saudi

A photographer in Hajj, Muhammad Effendi Al-Saudi's journeys, Farid Qayyumji Kahil, and Robert Graham. Saray Khreis ISBN: 9789948170112 Number of pages: 179 Book categories: History and Geography and Biographies Year of publication: 2012 Book sources: Abu Dhabi Center for Arabic Language The book "A Photographic Record of Hajj" is a visual history of the Hajj journey and the holy places in Mecca and Medina. It reflects the diaries of photographer Muhammad Ali Effendi Al-Saudi, which is the subject of this book, offering a rare perspective — through Egyptian eyes — of the Hajj journey undertaken by the Egyptian campaign in the early twentieth century, during the Ottoman Empire's rule, and coinciding with the construction of the Hejaz Railway, which would change the traditional routes of Hajj. It narrates the details of his second trip to the holy lands, accompanied by Ibrahim Rifat Pasha; the Hajj Emir responsible for the Egyptian Hajj convoy at that time. The diary stories gather the thoughts of the pious Muslim, details related to health risks, the dangers faced by pilgrims during their overland journey, and the difficulties associated with the photography process itself. The authors condensed the diaries and presented them in a narrative form supported by carefully selected quotations and rare photographs taken by Al-Saudi himself.