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Futuh al-Haramayn

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Futuh al-Haramayn
literary work
Year dem found am16. century Edit
Main subjectHajj Edit
Has edition or translationFutuh al-Haramayn, Futuh al-Haramayn, Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities), Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Holy Cities) Edit
AuthorMuhi Al-Din Lari Edit
Language of work or nameFarsi Edit
Dedicated toMuzafar II Edit
Illustration from a 1582 manuscript of Futuh al-Haramayn wey dey show de Kaaba within de Masjid al-Haram. Khalili Collection of Hajj den de Arts of Pilgrimage

Futuh al-Haramayn (a Handbook for Pilgrims to Mecca and Medina) be considered de first Islamic guidebook for pilgrimage.[1] Na Muhi al-Din Lari wrep am wey dem plete am insyd India insyd 1505–6. Dem dedicate de book to Muzaffar ibn Mahmudshah, de ruler of Gujarat. No early illustrated Indian copies be known, buh later insyd de 16th century na dem widely copy am insyd Ottoman Turkey. De book dey describe de full rituals of de Hajj in order, den dey describe de religious sites one fi visit.[2][3]

Manuscripts

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More dan twenty manuscripts of de Futuh be known to exist.[4]

Institution Inventory number Origin Date Size Notes
Chester Beatty Library Per 192 Iran 1525-1550 [5]
National Museum, New Delhi 55.73/1357 Gujarat 1548 [6]
Topkapı Saray Museum R. 916 circa 1550 [4]
Topkapı Saray Museum R. 917 Turkey circa 1550 [4]
Metropolitan Museum of Art 32.131 Turkey mid 16th century [7]
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009.343 Bukhara 16th century [8]
Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1038 Mecca 1582 42 folios [9]
Chester Beatty Library Per 245 Mecca 1595 [10]
Chester Beatty Library Per 249 Mecca late 16th century
Royal Ontario Museum 967.270 Mecca early 17th century [11]
Bibliothèque nationale de France Persan 237 Mecca undated, attributed to early 17th century [12]
British Library Or 343 Iran 17th century 41 folios [13]
Metropolitan Museum of Art 2008.251 India 1678 [14]
Bibliothèque nationale de France SP 1340 18th century 20 folios [15]
Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage MSS 1274 India 18th – early 19th century 40 folios [16]
Leiden University Library Or. 14.620 undated 45 folios [17]

References

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  1. "Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. "Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  3. Rogers, J. M. (2010). J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, cat.285. London. pp. 250–51. ISBN 978-0500515549.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 3 Milstein, Rachel (2013-06-17). "Futuh-i Haramayn: Sixteenth-century illustrations of the Hajj route". In Wasserstein, David J.; Ayalon, Ami (eds.). Mamluks and Ottomans: Studies in Honour of Michael Winter (in English). Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-136-57917-2.
  5. Revelations of the two Holy Sanctuaries (Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn), by Muḥyī al-dīn 'Abd al-Raḥmān al-Lārī (d. 1527). Chester Beatty Library.
  6. "Futuh al-Haramayn". Google Arts&Culture.
  7. "Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Holy Cities)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  8. "Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  9. "Islamic Art | Futuh al-Haramayn (a Handbook for Pilgrims to Mecca and Medina) of Muhyi Lari". Khalili Collections (in American English). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  10. "Arafat". Google Arts&Culture.
  11. "A Handbook for Pilgrims to Mecca and Medina (Futuh al-Haramayn)". collections.rom.on.ca (in English). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  12. "France, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Persan 237 | Biblissima". portail.biblissima.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  13. "A guide book for pilgrims, including a 17th-century depiction of the Holy Shrine of Mecca". British Library. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  14. "Muhi al-Din Lari | Futuh al-Haramayn (Description of the Holy Cities)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art (in English). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  15. "Supplément Persan 1340". archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  16. "Hajj and The Arts of Pilgrimage | Futuh al-Haramayn (a Handbook for Pilgrims to Mecca and Medina) of Muhyi al-Din Lari". Khalili Collections (in American English). Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  17. Witkam, Jan Just (2007). Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Library of the University of Leiden (PDF). Vol. 15. Ter Lugt Press. p. 277. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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