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Panoramic view of the city of Mecca painted by Muhammad Abdullah, Delhi calligrapher
(منظر بانورامي لمدينة مكة مرسوم من قبل محمد عبد الله ، خطاط دلهي)

Title	Panoramic view of the city of Mecca painted by Muhammad Abdullah, Delhi calligrapher
Title Original	منظر بانورامي لمدينة مكة مرسوم من قبل محمد عبد الله ، خطاط دلهي
Publication Date:	Approximately 1845 AD
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Opaque ink and watercolor on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 1077
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;37;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Approximately 1845 AD
Notes	The view of Mecca is remarkable for its comprehensiveness and accuracy, and in the form depicted by contemporary topographers it brilliantly combines a city plan with an aerial view taken at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. Muhammad Abdullah, whose grandfather Nizar Ali Khan was a court painter for the Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah II, was asked by the Sharif of Mecca to depict the holy relics under his rule in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. This is the oldest known accurate depiction of the Grand Mosque and its immediate surroundings. The painting is also unique among such depictions in that it includes a small engraving of a man guarding his tractor.
Sample Text	“A panoramic view of the city of Mecca painted by Muhammad Abdullah, Delhi Calligrapher” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;37;ar

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Panoramic view of the city of Mecca painted by Muhammad Abdullah, Delhi calligrapher

(منظر بانورامي لمدينة مكة مرسوم من قبل محمد عبد الله ، خطاط دلهي)

Publication Date Approximately 1845 AD

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

Subject Opaque ink and watercolor on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 1077

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;37;ar

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

Date Approximately 1845 AD

Notes The view of Mecca is remarkable for its comprehensiveness and accuracy, and in the form depicted by contemporary topographers it brilliantly combines a city plan with an aerial view taken at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. Muhammad Abdullah, whose grandfather Nizar Ali Khan was a court painter for the Mughal ruler Bahadur Shah II, was asked by the Sharif of Mecca to depict the holy relics under his rule in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. This is the oldest known accurate depiction of the Grand Mosque and its immediate surroundings. The painting is also unique among such depictions in that it includes a small engraving of a man guarding his tractor.

Sample Text “A panoramic view of the city of Mecca painted by Muhammad Abdullah, Delhi Calligrapher” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;37;ar