'The Arrival of the Mahmal from Cairo', a painting by Leonardo de Mango; 1921. Photo: The Khalili Collections
'Hajj and the Arts of the Pilgrimage' is a 408-page book with 300 illustrations. Photo: Assouline
Gold and opaque watercolour of Masjid al‑Haram in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, from the book 'Dala’il al-Khayrat' (Proofs of Good Deeds), by Muhammad al‑Jazuli; 19th-century Kashmir. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A black silk and silver gilt fragment of the curtain for the door of the Kaaba; Cairo, mid to late 19th century. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Blue and white porcelain Zamzam water bottles; 19th-century China. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A mahmal commissioned by Sultan Abdulhamid II and Abbas Hilmi II, the Khedive of Egypt; Cairo, 1898–99. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A painting showing pilgrims in Muzdalifah collecting pebbles; India, circa 1677–80. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Brass water flask for pilgrims; 16th-century India. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A watercolour of the city of Makkah; circa 1845. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Sufi saint Mian Mir praying at Madinah; 18th-century India.
Photo: The Khalili Collections
A detail from a Chinese scroll showing pilgrim boats crossing the sea, with a Chinese seal impression reading
‘Abdallah’; circa 19th century. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Ghubar-i Sherif (dust from the Kaaba) wrapped in raffia, and sitting inside a gilt and silver box on velvet; 19th-century Turkey. Photo: The Khalili Collections
The red silk and silver embroidery curtain for the Rawdah of the Prophet’s Mosque, commissioned by Sultan Mahmud II; Turkey, 1808–39. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A photograph showing the Kiswah of the Maqam Ibrahim being carried through Cairo, in the presence of King Farouk; Egypt, 1939. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A photograph showing pilgrims circling the Kaaba in a ritual called al-Tawaf hawl al-Ka‘bah; 1880. Photo: The Khalili Collections
'The Arrival of the Mahmal from Cairo', a painting by Leonardo de Mango; 1921. Photo: The Khalili Collections
'Hajj and the Arts of the Pilgrimage' is a 408-page book with 300 illustrations. Photo: Assouline
Gold and opaque watercolour of Masjid al‑Haram in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, from the book 'Dala’il al-Khayrat' (Proofs of Good Deeds), by Muhammad al‑Jazuli; 19th-century Kashmir. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A black silk and silver gilt fragment of the curtain for the door of the Kaaba; Cairo, mid to late 19th century. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Blue and white porcelain Zamzam water bottles; 19th-century China. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A mahmal commissioned by Sultan Abdulhamid II and Abbas Hilmi II, the Khedive of Egypt; Cairo, 1898–99. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A painting showing pilgrims in Muzdalifah collecting pebbles; India, circa 1677–80. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Brass water flask for pilgrims; 16th-century India. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A watercolour of the city of Makkah; circa 1845. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Sufi saint Mian Mir praying at Madinah; 18th-century India.
Photo: The Khalili Collections
A detail from a Chinese scroll showing pilgrim boats crossing the sea, with a Chinese seal impression reading
‘Abdallah’; circa 19th century. Photo: The Khalili Collections
Ghubar-i Sherif (dust from the Kaaba) wrapped in raffia, and sitting inside a gilt and silver box on velvet; 19th-century Turkey. Photo: The Khalili Collections
The red silk and silver embroidery curtain for the Rawdah of the Prophet’s Mosque, commissioned by Sultan Mahmud II; Turkey, 1808–39. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A photograph showing the Kiswah of the Maqam Ibrahim being carried through Cairo, in the presence of King Farouk; Egypt, 1939. Photo: The Khalili Collections
A photograph showing pilgrims circling the Kaaba in a ritual called al-Tawaf hawl al-Ka‘bah; 1880. Photo: The Khalili Collections
'The Arrival of the Mahmal from Cairo', a painting by Leonardo de Mango; 1921. Photo: The Khalili Collections
