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The Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina
(الحرمين الشريفين في مكة والمدينة)

Title	The Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina
Title Original	الحرمين الشريفين في مكة والمدينة
Publication Date:	XVIII century - beginning of the XIX century
Publication Place	India - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ink, gold and watercolor on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	15.2 × 10.5 سم ( كل صفحة)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 1278
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;46;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	XVIII century - beginning of the XIX century
Notes	The two separate pages most likely come from Al-Jazouli's copy (Dala'il al-Khairat) (full title: Dala'il al-Khairat wa Shariq al-Anwar fi Dhikr al-Salat upon the Chosen Prophet). It is one of the popular works on prayers in the Islamic world and was composed by a resident of Souss, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Sulayman Ibn Abu Bakr al-Jazuli (died 1645). The work consists of prayers for the Prophet along with his titles and a description of his grave. To digress somewhat from the topic, the Ottoman and Indian copies almost always include pictures of the Holy Mosque in Mecca alongside the Mosque of Medina. The pictures in the Indian copies are often schematic in nature, unlike the more realistic three-dimensional Ottoman copies.
Sample Text	“The Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;46;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR
Seçili bibliyografya	“al-Djazuli”, in Bosworth, C.E., van Donzel, E.J., Pearson, H. (eds),Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 2 (C-G), Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1983: 527–8.Porter, V.,The Art of Hajj, London: British Museum, 2012: 82–3, fig.50.

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The Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina

(الحرمين الشريفين في مكة والمدينة)

Publication Date XVIII century - beginning of the XIX century

Publication Place India - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Ink, gold and watercolor on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 15.2 × 10.5 سم ( كل صفحة)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 1278

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;46;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date XVIII century - beginning of the XIX century

Notes The two separate pages most likely come from Al-Jazouli's copy (Dala'il al-Khairat) (full title: Dala'il al-Khairat wa Shariq al-Anwar fi Dhikr al-Salat upon the Chosen Prophet). It is one of the popular works on prayers in the Islamic world and was composed by a resident of Souss, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Sulayman Ibn Abu Bakr al-Jazuli (died 1645). The work consists of prayers for the Prophet along with his titles and a description of his grave. To digress somewhat from the topic, the Ottoman and Indian copies almost always include pictures of the Holy Mosque in Mecca alongside the Mosque of Medina. The pictures in the Indian copies are often schematic in nature, unlike the more realistic three-dimensional Ottoman copies.

Sample Text “The Two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;46;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR

Seçili bibliyografya “al-Djazuli”, in Bosworth, C.E., van Donzel, E.J., Pearson, H. (eds),Encyclopaedia of Islam, vol. 2 (C-G), Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1983: 527–8.Porter, V.,The Art of Hajj, London: British Museum, 2012: 82–3, fig.50.