Things have changed dramatically over the past 100 years. Hajj in the past was difficult. Getting to Makkah for many was the hardest and the toughest part; performing Hajj itself wasn’t as the crowds were not as huge and performing tawaf was easier.

Here are are a few stunning images of Hajj from the early and mid-1900s:

1. Hajj Pilgrims travelling to the Kaaba in 1910

2. Before the age of commercial airlines being affordable for all, Pilgrims used to travel by boat and ferry – Jeddah Port

3. Makkah in 1953 – hotels and places for Pilgrims to stay during Hajj can be seen surround the Holy Kaaba

4. Streets of Makkah during the mid-1900s – very few cars

5. One of the entrances to Masjid Al Haram

6. The Kaaba in 1902, there is only marble surrounding the Holy Kaaba

7. Closer picture of the area that surrounded the Kaaba close to a hundred years ago – How did people perform Hajj in such heat?

8. There was a time when any Muslim could enter the Holy Kaaba

9. Reaching Hajar Al-Aswad then wasn’t hard…

10. Pilgrims doing Tawaf – there wasn’t such a big crowd

11. A rare moment – Pilgrims continue Hajj even when the The Holy Kaaba was surrounded by water

12. The crowds of the 1900s when Hajj was performed

13. Muzdalifa – between Mina Valley and Mount Arafat

14. Pilgrims in Arafat during the early 1900s

15. Tents in Arafah during Hajj in the 1950s

16. Stoning the devil in the mid-1900s

17. Qurbani animals stayed with the pilgrims

18. One of the oldest pictures of Hajj – From 1889

In the past 100 years things have changed dramatically, from the amounts of people that perform Hajj to the area where it is performed? Have you had the chance to go yet?