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Biography of the Prophet
(سيرة النبي)

Title	Biography of the Prophet
Title Original	سيرة النبي
Publication Date:	1003 AH/1594-95 AD
Publication Place	Turkey, Istanbul - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	37.4 × 27 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL T 419
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;34;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	1003 AH/1594-95 AD
Notes	In Cairo in the fourteenth century, Al-Darir wrote the biography of the Prophet. Similar texts had been written previously, but Al-Darir was the first to write in Turkish, the language of the Mamluk ruling family in Egypt. About two hundred years later in Istanbul, Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-95) ordered the copying of a six-volume copy of the Book of the Blind. These illustrations are from the fourth volume of the manuscript, which relates to the battles of Badr (624 AD) and Uhud (625 AD). The illustrations are the work of several people and are generally executed in a simple, straightforward style.
Sample Text	“Biography of the Prophet” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;34;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 34

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Biography of the Prophet

(سيرة النبي)

Publication Date 1003 AH/1594-95 AD

Publication Place Turkey, Istanbul - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 37.4 × 27 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL T 419

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;34;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date 1003 AH/1594-95 AD

Notes In Cairo in the fourteenth century, Al-Darir wrote the biography of the Prophet. Similar texts had been written previously, but Al-Darir was the first to write in Turkish, the language of the Mamluk ruling family in Egypt. About two hundred years later in Istanbul, Sultan Murad III (r. 1574-95) ordered the copying of a six-volume copy of the Book of the Blind. These illustrations are from the fourth volume of the manuscript, which relates to the battles of Badr (624 AD) and Uhud (625 AD). The illustrations are the work of several people and are generally executed in a simple, straightforward style.

Sample Text “Biography of the Prophet” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;34;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 34