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Evidence of good deeds by Al-Jazouli
(دلائل الخيرات للجزولي)

Title	Evidence of good deeds by Al-Jazouli
Title Original	دلائل الخيرات للجزولي
Publication Date:	Dated on 24 Ramadan 1290 AH / 15 November 1873 AD
Publication Place	North Africa or possibly Mecca - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ink, gold, silver and opaque watercolor on paper, contemporary leather binding and cover with drawn designs and worked in gold and silver
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	89 folios; 10 x 12cm
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 1245
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;36;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Dated on 24 Ramadan 1290 AH / 15 November 1873 AD
Notes	The book Dala’il al-Khairat wa Shariq al-Anwar fi Dhikr al-Salaat upon the Chosen Prophet, known simply as Dala’il al-Khairat, is one of the most popular works of dhikr in the Islamic world. It was composed by one of the authors from Suss, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Sulaiman Ibn Abu Bakr al-Jazuli (died 1645). As its name indicates, the work consists of many prayers for the Prophet, along with his titles, a description of his grave, and graphic depictions that are found in most South African copies. However, the Ottoman copies of the work, especially those from the eighteenth century onwards, tend to include perspective figures of the two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina and thus differ from the manuscript text. The writing style – which is translucent/clear Moroccan – and the square format of this manuscript makes it of North African origin. But the gilding, the inclusion of Mecca, and the original binding are closer to regular Ottoman works, and they could have been copied anywhere, perhaps Mecca.
Sample Text	“Dala’il al-Khairat by Al-Jazouli” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;36;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR
Seçili bibliyografya	Ben Cheneb, M., “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., (ed.),Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, exhibition catalogue, London: British Museum, 2012: 52–5.

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Evidence of good deeds by Al-Jazouli

(دلائل الخيرات للجزولي)

Publication Date Dated on 24 Ramadan 1290 AH / 15 November 1873 AD

Publication Place North Africa or possibly Mecca - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Ink, gold, silver and opaque watercolor on paper, contemporary leather binding and cover with drawn designs and worked in gold and silver

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 89 folios; 10 x 12cm

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 1245

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;36;ar

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

Date Dated on 24 Ramadan 1290 AH / 15 November 1873 AD

Notes The book Dala’il al-Khairat wa Shariq al-Anwar fi Dhikr al-Salaat upon the Chosen Prophet, known simply as Dala’il al-Khairat, is one of the most popular works of dhikr in the Islamic world. It was composed by one of the authors from Suss, Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Sulaiman Ibn Abu Bakr al-Jazuli (died 1645). As its name indicates, the work consists of many prayers for the Prophet, along with his titles, a description of his grave, and graphic depictions that are found in most South African copies. However, the Ottoman copies of the work, especially those from the eighteenth century onwards, tend to include perspective figures of the two Holy Mosques in Mecca and Medina and thus differ from the manuscript text. The writing style – which is translucent/clear Moroccan – and the square format of this manuscript makes it of North African origin. But the gilding, the inclusion of Mecca, and the original binding are closer to regular Ottoman works, and they could have been copied anywhere, perhaps Mecca.

Sample Text “Dala’il al-Khairat by Al-Jazouli” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;36;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Nahla NASSAR

Seçili bibliyografya Ben Cheneb, M., “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., (ed.),Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam, exhibition catalogue, London: British Museum, 2012: 52–5.