拍品专文
Muhy'il-Din Lari wrote the work in AH 911/1506 AD and dedicated it to Muzaffar b. Mahmud, Shah of Gujarat. The text was long attributed to poet Jami, perhaps on account of the quotations from his work included. The text also includes prayers for the different stages of the journey in red ink as well as advice for visiting Mecca and Medina.
The illustrations are as follows:
f.2v: Four shrines, including that of Abu Bakr
f.18v: A plan of the Ka'ba in Mecca and its surrounding precinct
f.20r: The road between Safa and Marwah, with the shrine at Safa shown in elevation and that at Marwah in plan
f.20v: Jebel Abu Qubais, with half moons to either side
f.21v: Suq al-Lil (The Night Market), birthplace of the Prophet, 'Ali and Fatima, and the site of the talking stone
f.22r: A plan of an arcade in the town of Mud'a
f.24r: The al-Ma'la cemetery, 1km north of the Masjid al-Haram
f.24v: Mount Shabika, with shrines in honour of 'Umar and Sheikh 'Abd al-Kabir
f.25v: Jebel Nur (The Mountain of Light) and its pool, the site of the first revelation of the Prophet
f.26r: Jebel Thawr, with the small cave where the Prophet hid from the Quraysh
f.29: Mount 'Arafat, with a small shrine on top
f.30: Muzdalifah, a site between 'Arafat and Mina, with three large lamp clusters (chiraghan)
f.32r: Jamra al-'Aqabah, the pass between Medina and Mecca
f.36v: Jebel Mifrah, a mountain between Mecca and Medina
f.37r: The Mosque at Medina, portrayed in an Indian architectural style f.40r: The Baqia cemetery at Medina
f.40v: The Mosque at Qaba, three miles from Medina, two small shrines, the Masjid Shams and Masjid Hazrat, two wells (chah)
f.41r: Jebel Uhud, the shrine of Emir Hamza, the Prophet's uncle
The illustrations are as follows:
f.2v: Four shrines, including that of Abu Bakr
f.18v: A plan of the Ka'ba in Mecca and its surrounding precinct
f.20r: The road between Safa and Marwah, with the shrine at Safa shown in elevation and that at Marwah in plan
f.20v: Jebel Abu Qubais, with half moons to either side
f.21v: Suq al-Lil (The Night Market), birthplace of the Prophet, 'Ali and Fatima, and the site of the talking stone
f.22r: A plan of an arcade in the town of Mud'a
f.24r: The al-Ma'la cemetery, 1km north of the Masjid al-Haram
f.24v: Mount Shabika, with shrines in honour of 'Umar and Sheikh 'Abd al-Kabir
f.25v: Jebel Nur (The Mountain of Light) and its pool, the site of the first revelation of the Prophet
f.26r: Jebel Thawr, with the small cave where the Prophet hid from the Quraysh
f.29: Mount 'Arafat, with a small shrine on top
f.30: Muzdalifah, a site between 'Arafat and Mina, with three large lamp clusters (chiraghan)
f.32r: Jamra al-'Aqabah, the pass between Medina and Mecca
f.36v: Jebel Mifrah, a mountain between Mecca and Medina
f.37r: The Mosque at Medina, portrayed in an Indian architectural style f.40r: The Baqia cemetery at Medina
f.40v: The Mosque at Qaba, three miles from Medina, two small shrines, the Masjid Shams and Masjid Hazrat, two wells (chah)
f.41r: Jebel Uhud, the shrine of Emir Hamza, the Prophet's uncle