Muhammad Sadiq (photographer)

Muhammad Sadiq
Bey
Born1822 or 1832
Cairo, Egypt Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died1902 (aged 79–80 or 69–70)
Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt, Ottoman Empire
Occupation(s)military surveyor, photographer, author

Muhammad Sadiq Bey (1822 or 1832 – 1902) was an Ottoman Egyptian army engineer and surveyor who served as treasurer of the Hajj pilgrim caravan. As a photographer and author, he documented the holy sites of Islam at Mecca and Medina, taking the first ever photographs in what is now Saudi Arabia.

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