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Lot Essay
The illustration in this manuscript include:
The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina
The Haram with the Ka’ba
The al-Safa and al-Marwah hills
The Hill of Abu Qubays
Jabal ‘Umar
Jabal Nur
Jabal Thawr
Jabal Mafrah
The Dome of Khadijah and the Mosque of Hidayat
The Four Mosques - the Mosque of Fatimah and the Mosque of Salman of Fars, Jabal Ahad and the Dome of Amir Hamza
Muhyi al-Din wrote the Futuh al-Haramayn in AH 911/1506 AD and dedicated it to Muzaffar bin Mahmud, Shah of Gujarat. The text was long attributed to the poet Jami, perhaps on account of the quotations from his work that were included. The text also includes prayers for the different stages of the journey as well as advice for visiting Mecca and Medina.
The colophon of our copy records that it was completed on Wednesday, 28th Ramadan in the 47th regnal year of ‘Aurangzib-i ’Alamgiri, which corresponds to AH 1114/1702-03 AD. It also states that it was written by Muhammad Zarif, son of Muhammad Hayat, and read over by his brother Muhammad ’Abd al-Rafi’, in the village of Sojat. A similar copy of the Futuh al-Haramayn, dated to Rajab AH 1123/August 1711 AD, was sold in these Rooms, 17 April 2007, lot 163. Like ours that was attributed to North India.
The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina
The Haram with the Ka’ba
The al-Safa and al-Marwah hills
The Hill of Abu Qubays
Jabal ‘Umar
Jabal Nur
Jabal Thawr
Jabal Mafrah
The Dome of Khadijah and the Mosque of Hidayat
The Four Mosques - the Mosque of Fatimah and the Mosque of Salman of Fars, Jabal Ahad and the Dome of Amir Hamza
Muhyi al-Din wrote the Futuh al-Haramayn in AH 911/1506 AD and dedicated it to Muzaffar bin Mahmud, Shah of Gujarat. The text was long attributed to the poet Jami, perhaps on account of the quotations from his work that were included. The text also includes prayers for the different stages of the journey as well as advice for visiting Mecca and Medina.
The colophon of our copy records that it was completed on Wednesday, 28th Ramadan in the 47th regnal year of ‘Aurangzib-i ’Alamgiri, which corresponds to AH 1114/1702-03 AD. It also states that it was written by Muhammad Zarif, son of Muhammad Hayat, and read over by his brother Muhammad ’Abd al-Rafi’, in the village of Sojat. A similar copy of the Futuh al-Haramayn, dated to Rajab AH 1123/August 1711 AD, was sold in these Rooms, 17 April 2007, lot 163. Like ours that was attributed to North India.