The Holy Carpet transported to Mecca - Arrival, Saudi Arabia
The Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet arriving in Saudi Arabia en route to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1, 300 years old. It is taken on the journey each year, carried in a heavy ornamented housing on the back of a camel
Picture No
11094484
Media ID
45949838
Size
5416px x 3387px
(2.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard (2/2)
Date
1918
