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Two Leaves Depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and His Sons Hasan and Husayn

Title	Two Leaves Depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and His Sons Hasan and Husayn
Author	Turkish, Abu Sa'id al-Husayni
Publication Date:	11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
Publication Place	Turkey (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (25 x 15 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.679
Library Location	Not on view
Date	11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
Notes	These 2 leaves, Walters W.679, are Ottoman Turkish illustrations. One depicts the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Ka'bah, and the other depicts the Prophet Muhammad, 'Ali, and his young sons Hasan and Husayn. The illustrations were executed in the 11th century AH/AD 17th. They are presently mounted on the first and last leaves of an illuminated manuscript copied in Nasta'liq script in 798 AH/AD 1396 by Abu Sa'id al-Husayni.
Sergi Ayrıntıları	The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı	1997
Bağış/Edinim	Acquired by Henry Walters

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Two Leaves Depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and His Sons Hasan and Husayn

Author Turkish, Abu Sa'id al-Husayni

Publication Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)

Publication Place Turkey (Place of Origin) -

Subject Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions H: 9 13/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (25 x 15 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.679

Library Location Not on view

Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)

Notes These 2 leaves, Walters W.679, are Ottoman Turkish illustrations. One depicts the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Ka'bah, and the other depicts the Prophet Muhammad, 'Ali, and his young sons Hasan and Husayn. The illustrations were executed in the 11th century AH/AD 17th. They are presently mounted on the first and last leaves of an illuminated manuscript copied in Nasta'liq script in 798 AH/AD 1396 by Abu Sa'id al-Husayni.

Sergi Ayrıntıları The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Sergi Yılı 1997

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters