Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province

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Mecca: shrine of Kaʻbah within the Al-Haram mosque, with a view of the city. Lithograph, c. 1820.

The holy city of Mecca. Colour woodcut by an Indian artist, late 1800s.

Blighted bodies and physical difference in Cairo, Damascus and Mecca, 1400-1550 CE / by Kristina Lynn Richardson.

Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century : daily life, customs and learning of the Moslims of the East-Indian-archipelago / C. Snouck Hurgronje ; translated by J. H. Monahan.

Fahras [sic] makhṭūṭāt Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah / iʻdād Muḥammad al-Ḥabīb al-Hīlah.

Recueil des rits et cérémonies du pelerinage de la Mecque, auquel on a joint divers ecrits relatifs à la religion, aux sciences & aux mœrs des Turcs / Par M. Galland, interpréte du Roi.

Reste arabischen Heidentums : gesammelt und erläutert / von J. Wellhausen.

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Fahras [sic] makhṭūṭāt Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah / iʻdād Muḥammad al-Ḥabīb al-Hīlah.

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Fahras [sic] makhṭūṭāt Maktabat Makkah al-Mukarramah / iʻdād Muḥammad al-Ḥabīb al-Hīlah.

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