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Roll with views of Mecca and Medina
(لفة بمناظر لمكة والمدينة)

Title	Roll with views of Mecca and Medina
Title Original	لفة بمناظر لمكة والمدينة
Publication Date:	It was dated 1261 AH / 1745 AD
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ink, watercolor and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	402 × 27 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	MSS 1270
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;48;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	It was dated 1261 AH / 1745 AD
Notes	The text consists of Qur'anic verses, short prayers, invocations, and many repetitions of the basmala, the shahada, the latter arranged in decorative forms such as vases, flowers, a temple, and Zulfiqar, a two-pronged sword given by the Prophet to Ali. In addition, there are images of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina (where the domed tomb is depicted in the wrong direction) and the last panel surrounds the ornament of the Prophet Muhammad.
Sample Text	“A scroll with views of Mecca and Medina” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;48;ar

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Roll with views of Mecca and Medina

(لفة بمناظر لمكة والمدينة)

Publication Date It was dated 1261 AH / 1745 AD

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

Subject Ink, watercolor and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 402 × 27 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID MSS 1270

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;48;ar

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

Date It was dated 1261 AH / 1745 AD

Notes The text consists of Qur'anic verses, short prayers, invocations, and many repetitions of the basmala, the shahada, the latter arranged in decorative forms such as vases, flowers, a temple, and Zulfiqar, a two-pronged sword given by the Prophet to Ali. In addition, there are images of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina (where the domed tomb is depicted in the wrong direction) and the last panel surrounds the ornament of the Prophet Muhammad.

Sample Text “A scroll with views of Mecca and Medina” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;48;ar