'Jiddah', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'Jiddah', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

2-715-855 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Jiddah', 1890. Jiddah city in the Tihamah region of the Hejaz on the coast of the Red Sea is a gateway Mecca and Medina. first achieved prominence around AD 647, when Uthman Ibn Affan, turned it into a port. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Edmund Ollier: : author, journalist
  2. Cassell & Co: : Publisher, printer, lithographer, publishers, printers, lithographers
  3. Uthman ibn Affan: Arabian: companion and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Landscape

Geographic Hierarchy

World Middle East

  1. 30 20 16 N , 042 29 52 E

World Asia Saudi Arabia Makkah al Mukarramah Jiddah

  1. 21 30 00 N , 039 10 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Islam

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Artistic Representations Cityscapes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4998x4150
File Size : 60,767kb


Aliases

  1. 0580066037
  1. 2-715-855
  1. 2715855

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