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Leaf from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Title	Leaf from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad
Author	al-Busiri (Egyptian, died 694 AH/AD 1294), Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khuwarizmi
Publication Date:	11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century
Publication Place	Turkey (Place of Origin) Iran (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.582.12B
Library Location	Not on view
Date	11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century
Notes	According to certain Muslim traditions, the prophet Muhammad would act as an intercessor, asking Allah (God) for entry into Paradise, on behalf of the believer. Various devotional works contain supplicating prayers and texts that honor the Prophet in poetic form. One example is Qasidat al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle), by Sharaf al-Din al-Busiri (born ca. 1212), who writes in this work:By this eulogy have I served him,Hoping to be redeemed from the sins of aLife of odes and patronage.–Qasidat al-Burda, line 140
Sergi Ayrıntıları	Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı	2012
Bağış/Edinim	Acquired by Henry Walters

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Leaf from Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Author al-Busiri (Egyptian, died 694 AH/AD 1294), Habib Allah ibn Dust Muhammad al-Khuwarizmi

Publication Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century

Publication Place Turkey (Place of Origin) Iran (Place of Origin) -

Subject Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.582.12B

Library Location Not on view

Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century

Notes According to certain Muslim traditions, the prophet Muhammad would act as an intercessor, asking Allah (God) for entry into Paradise, on behalf of the believer. Various devotional works contain supplicating prayers and texts that honor the Prophet in poetic form. One example is Qasidat al-Burda (Poem of the Mantle), by Sharaf al-Din al-Busiri (born ca. 1212), who writes in this work:By this eulogy have I served him,Hoping to be redeemed from the sins of aLife of odes and patronage.–Qasidat al-Burda, line 140

Sergi Ayrıntıları Paradise Imagined: Images of the Garden in the Islamic and Christian World. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

Sergi Yılı 2012

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters