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Subject(s)

• Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages—Saudi Arabia—Mecca—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Mecca (Saudi Arabia)—Description and travel—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Medina (Saudi Arabia)—Description and travel—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]
• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—19th century [Browse]

Summary note

Poetical description of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, and of the pilgrimage rites; illustrated with 19 miniatures. In this copy the name of the author has been substituted with that of Jāmī.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from colophon on fol. 64b.
• Physical description: 11 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on yellow machine-made paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining and smudging; in excellent condition.
• Decoration: On fol. 1a, illuminated ʻunwān with floral pattern in gold and colors; text framed in red, gold, and black on fol. 1a. With 19 miniatures illustrating various holy sites in Mecca and Medina.
• Origin: Copy completed 11 Rabīʻ II 1265 H [6 March 1849] (fol. 64b).
• Incipit: اى همه کس را بدرت التجا * کعبۀ دلرا ز تو نور و صفا

Binding note

Full violet leather with gold-stamped fillets on covers and spine; yellow flyleaves and pastedowns.

Language note

Persian.

Contents

• List of miniatures:
• 1. fol. 26b: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām.
• 2. fol. 29a: Ṣafā and Marwah.
• 3. fol. 31b: Jabal Abū Qurays.
• 4. fol. 32b: Sūq al-Layl.
• 5. fol. 33b: Midʻā.
• 6. fol. 35b: Jannat al-Muʻallā.
• 7. fol. 36b: Shabīkah.
• 8. fol. 37b: Jabal al-Nūr.
• 9. fol. 38b: Jabal al-Thawr.
• 10. fol. 43b: ʻArafāt.
• 11. fol. 45b: Muzdalifah.
• 12. fol. 48b: Mīnā.
• 13. fol. 55a: Jabal Mufriḥ al-Arwāḥ.
• 14. fol. 57b: Grave of the Prophet.
• 15. fol. 60b: Jannat al-Baqīʻ.
• 16. fol. 61b: Masjid al-Qubāʼ and environs.
• 17. fol. 62b: Masjid al-Qiblatayn.
• 18. fol. 63b: Jabal al-Aḥad and environs.
• 19. fol. 65a: Masjid [?].
• 20. fol. 65b: Incomplete drawing.

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Provenance

Acquired from Widgery, Cambridge, 1925.

Source acquisition

Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.

References

• Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts, II, 655
• Moghadam, M. E. et al. Descriptive Catalog, no. 63

OCLC

767733600

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