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Hajj certificate
(شهادة حج)

Title	Hajj certificate
Title Original	شهادة حج
Publication Date:	Dated 21 Muharram 837 AH / 6 September 1433 AD
Publication Place	Central Asia or Iraq - Museum of Islamic Art
Subject	Opaque watercolour, gilt, paper, ink
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: ٦٦٥ سم، العرض: ٣٤.٧ سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MS.267.1998
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus21;32;ar
Library Location	Museum of Islamic Art
Date	Dated 21 Muharram 837 AH / 6 September 1433 AD
Notes	This certificate was prepared for a pilgrim named Sayyid Yusuf bin Sayyid Shihab al-Din from Transoxiana to perform Umrah, indicating important sites in Mecca, Medina, and other religious sites. Alongside these illustrations, there are inscriptions from the Holy Qur’an and texts written in Arabic and Persian relating to the Hajj, with the name of the pilgrim and his six witnesses mentioned at the end. Hajj certificates are legal documents that the pilgrim obtains at the end of his journey.
Sample Text	Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya “Hajj Certificate” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;32;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Mounia CHEKHAB-ABUDAYA
Seçili bibliyografya	Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia, “Travelling manuscripts”, in Siu Perdue and Tagliacozzo (eds),Asia Inside Out, vol. 3, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019: 146-178.Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia, Roxburgh, David, and Couvrat-Desvergnes, Amélie, “Sayyid Yusuf's 1433 Pilgrimage Scroll”, in Gülru Necipoğlu and Karen Learl (eds),Muqarnas 33, Leiden: Brill, 2016: 345-408.Gonnella, Julia, et al.,Museum of Islamic Art: The Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2022.

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Hajj certificate

(شهادة حج)

Publication Date Dated 21 Muharram 837 AH / 6 September 1433 AD

Publication Place Central Asia or Iraq - Museum of Islamic Art

Subject Opaque watercolour, gilt, paper, ink

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: ٦٦٥ سم، العرض: ٣٤.٧ سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MS.267.1998

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus21;32;ar

Library Location Museum of Islamic Art

Date Dated 21 Muharram 837 AH / 6 September 1433 AD

Notes This certificate was prepared for a pilgrim named Sayyid Yusuf bin Sayyid Shihab al-Din from Transoxiana to perform Umrah, indicating important sites in Mecca, Medina, and other religious sites. Alongside these illustrations, there are inscriptions from the Holy Qur’an and texts written in Arabic and Persian relating to the Hajj, with the name of the pilgrim and his six witnesses mentioned at the end. Hajj certificates are legal documents that the pilgrim obtains at the end of his journey.

Sample Text Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya “Hajj Certificate” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;32;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Mounia CHEKHAB-ABUDAYA

Seçili bibliyografya Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia, “Travelling manuscripts”, in Siu Perdue and Tagliacozzo (eds),Asia Inside Out, vol. 3, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019: 146-178.Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia, Roxburgh, David, and Couvrat-Desvergnes, Amélie, “Sayyid Yusuf's 1433 Pilgrimage Scroll”, in Gülru Necipoğlu and Karen Learl (eds),Muqarnas 33, Leiden: Brill, 2016: 345-408.Gonnella, Julia, et al.,Museum of Islamic Art: The Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2022.