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Portrait of a Water Carrier,or Sakka [ to water in Arabic ], in the holy city of Mecca,from the 18th.century.Water was precious commodity in the holy cities and the Hejaz in general due to scarcity of rain and lack of rivers.

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Date

1779.

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current 08:50, 24 July 2008 384×535 (97 KB) FunkMonk ({{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }})
19:45, 20 August 2007 400×647 (104 KB) FunkMonk ({{Information |Description=A sakaz (waterer) from Mecca. |Source=http://mideastimage.com/result.aspx |Date=1779. |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }} )
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