[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Hedjaz (Hejaz), Ottoman Empire]

(1): A'alim (member of the Ulema) of Mekkè (Mecca); (2): resident of Djèaddèlè (environs of Mecca); and (3):"Baveri" of the guard of the Chèrif (Sharif) of Mecca.

French caption from book: Hedjaz. Yémen. Tripoli de Barbarie: Figure 1: A'alim de Mekkè; Figure 2: Habitant de Djèaddèlè (environs de Mekkè); Figure 3: Bavari de la garde du Chèrif de Mekkè.

Caption also in Ottoman Turkish.

Part III, plate XXXIX.

Illus. in: Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873 / Hamdy bey ... et Marie de Launay ... phototypie de Sébah. Part III, plate XXXIX (opposite p. 308).

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