Mecca-Medina
Subtitle: the Yıldız albums of Sultan Abdülhamid II
By: by Mehmet Bahadir Dördüncü ; translated by Hakan Yeşilova.
Edition: 1st English ed.
Publisher: The Light, Inc.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Somerset, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Abdülhamid -- II, -- Sultan of the Turks, -- 1842-1918 -- Photograph collections; Photograph albums -- Turkey; Mecca (Saudi Arabia); Medina (Saudi Arabia)
Work titles: Mekke-Medina.
Notes: "Originally published in Turkish as Mekke-Medine : II. Abdülhamid Yıldız Albümleri, 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135).
Table of contents: title: Abdülhamid albums; title: Introduction; title: Photography in the Ottomans; title: Photographs of the sultan; title: Abdülhamid II and photography; title: Ottoman lands through the lens; title: The human physiognomy in photographs; title: The Yıldız albums; title: A psychological war with photographs; title: The technical specifications of the albums; title: Cover cloth; title: Dimensions; title: Decoration; title: Mecca-Medina photographs; title: The Ottomans and Mecca-Medina; title: Traces of the Ottomans in the Haramayn; title: Caravans of royal gifts (surre alayi); title: The Hijaz railway; title: Farewell to the Haramayn; title: En route to the hajj; title: Mecca; title: Medina; title: Bibliography; title: Notes.