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Summary
Object
Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina
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| Title |
Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina |
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manuscript  |
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| Description |
The text consists of Qur'anic verses, short prayers and invocations, and numerous repetitions of the basmalah and the shahadah , the latter arranged into decorative shapes such as vases, flowers, a pagoda and the bifurcated sword, dhu’l-fiqar. In addition, there are depictions of the Masjid al-Haram at Mecca and the Prophet's mosque at Medina, and the last panel encloses the hilyah of the Prophet Muhammad. |
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| Date | dated AH 1261 (AD 1845) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ink, watercolours and gold on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of creation | China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/scroll-with-views-of-mecca-and-medina-mss-1270/ (English) |
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Photograph
| Description | Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina |
| Date | 2 May 2017, 15:40:01 |
| Source | Khalili Collections |
| Author | Khalili Collections |
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| 13:39, 28 July 2021 |  | 10,000 × 817 (1.06 MB) | MartinPoulter (KC WIR) | pattypan 20.04 |
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