Futuh al-Haramayn

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Futuh al-Haramayn (a Handbook for Pilgrims to Mecca and Medina) is considered the first Islamic guidebook for pilgrimage.[1] It was written by Muhi al-Din Lari and completed in India in 1505–6. The book was dedicated to Muzaffar ibn Mahmudshah, the ruler of Gujarat. No early illustrated Indian copies are known, but later in the 16th century it was widely copied in Ottoman Turkey. The book describes the full rituals of the Hajj in order, and describes the religious sites one can visit.[2][3]

Manuscripts[]

More than twenty manuscripts of the Futuh are known to exist.[4]

Institution Inventory number Origin Date Size Notes
Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.131 Turkey mid-16th century [5]
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009.343 Bukhara 16th century [6]
Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1038 Mecca 1582 42 folios [7]
Chester Beatty Library Per 245 Mecca 1595 [8]
British Library Or 343 Iran 17th century 41 folios [9]
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2008.251 India 1678 [10]
Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1274 India 18th – early 19th century 40 folios [11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 23 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, cat.285,. London. 2010. pp. 250–51. ISBN 978-0500515549.
  4. ^ Milstein 2006, p. 166.
  5. ^ MetMuseum 32.131.
  6. ^ MetMuseum 2009.343.
  7. ^ Khalili 1308.
  8. ^ "Arafat". Google Arts&Culture.
  9. ^ BL 343.
  10. ^ MetMuseum 2008.251.
  11. ^ Khalili 1274.
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