This view of Madinah from the top of Jabal Salie features the splendid AI Sultaniyyah castle with its many towers. Built in the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Sulayman I ( 1520 - 1566 ) as the headquarters of the Ottoman military command, it was one of the strongest castles in Al Madinah.
This is one of a series of fourteen photographs of Makkah and Madinah taken by H.A. Mirza & Sons of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, published by them in 1907. Their photographs and postcards enabled people who were unable to go to the Holy cities themselves to enjoy a 'virtual pilgrimage' .
Photograph : H.A. Mirza & Sons of Delhi, 1907.
Collection : King Abdulaziz Public Library.
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