Mecca-Medina the Yıldız albums of Sultan Abdülhamid II - Dördüncü, Mehmet Bahadır (The Light, 2006)
"Originally published in Turkish as Mekke-Medine : II. Abdülhamid Yıldız albümleri, 2006". - Includes bibliographical references (p. 135)
Abdülhamid albums -- Introduction -- Photography in the Ottomans -- Photographs of the sultan -- Abdülhamid II and photography -- Ottoman lands through the lens -- The human physiognomy in photographs -- The Yıldız albums -- A psychological war with photographs -- The technical specifications of the albums -- Cover cloth -- Dimensions -- Decoration -- Mecca-Medina photographs -- The Ottomans and Mecca-Medina -- Traces of the Ottomans in the Haramayn -- Caravans of royal gifts (surre alayı) -- The Hijaz railway -- Farewell to the Haramayn -- En route to the hajj -- Mecca -- Medina -- Bibliography -- Notes