Stunning Images Of Hajj From The Early And Mid 1900s

Things have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. Hajj in the past was difficult. Getting to Makkah for many was the hardest and the toughest part; performing Hajj itself wasn’t as the crowds were not as huge and performing tawaf was easier.
Here are are a few stunning images of Hajj from the early and mid-1900s:

Pilgrims in Arafat during the early 1900s

Before the age of commercial airlines being affordable for all, Pilgrims used to travel by boat and ferry – Jeddah Port

Closer picture of the area that surrounded the Kaaba close to a hundred years ago – How did people perform Hajj in such heat?

There was a time when any Muslim could enter the Holy Kaaba

A rare moment – Pilgrims continue Hajj even when the The Holy Kaaba was surrounded by water

Hajj Pilgrims traveling to the Kaaba in 1910

Makkah in 1953 – hotels and places for Pilgrims to stay during Hajj can be seen surround the Holy Kaaba

Streets of Makkah during the mid-1900s – very few cars

One of the entrances to Masjid Al Haram

Muzdalifa – between Mina Valley and Mount Arafat

Qurbani animals stayed with the pilgrims

Stoning the devil in the mid-1900s

One of the oldest pictures of Hajj – From 1889

Pilgrims doing Tawaf – there wasn’t such a big crowd

Tents in Arafah during Hajj in the 1950s

The crowds of the 1900s when Hajj was performed

The Kaaba in 1902, there is only marble surrounding the Holy Kaaba

Source:  www.shughal.com