August 17, 2007
Photocaption Non Sequitur
Thorhüter der Ka‘ba [Ka‘bah] (aus der Schębah-Familie [Bani Shaybî], die seit vorislamischer Zeit dies Amt innehat).
In:Mekka (published 1888-1889)
Subject(s):Janitors -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca, Ka‘bah
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Social life and customs
Portraits
Notes:Banu Shayba, an old Meccan family who had charge of the Ka‘ba [kabah] since pre-Islamic times; traditional custodians of the Ka‘ba [Ka‘bah].
~In another lifetime--in a previous reincarnation--could I have been this man? My devotion to my family and our work for the Kaaba (Wiki) second only to Allah himself?
(Blood not connections are diluted by time.)
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Posted by Stubbornson at August 17, 2007 03:09 PM