Pilgrims returning to Algeria from Mecca
Pilgrims returning to Algeria from Mecca, having undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage every able-bodied Muslim is required to undertake at least once in their lifetime. There is a tale of a poor Turkish Dervish, who unable to afford the cost of undertaking pilgrimage, expressed his woes to his sheykh, who informed him he need only walk around me and his duty would be achieved
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10282529
Media ID
46545414
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4672px x 2883px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1938
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