Muḥammad Ṣādiq

Egyptian photographer and author · Turkey · On the map · Artists · Lived 1822 to 1902 · aged 80

Muhammad Sadiq Bey 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.

Muḥammad Ṣādiq is read about 23 times a day, in 8 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 15 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?