Author Original
Nahrawālī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, -1580 or 1581, creator
نهروالي، محمد بن أحمد, -1580 or 1581
Publication Place
No place, unknown, or undetermined -
Subject
Masjid al-Ḥarām--History--Early works to 1800
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Kings and rulers--History--Chronology
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--History--Early works to 1800
Mecca (Saudi Arabia)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 v. (202 leaves) ; 21 cm.
Library
Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections
Record ID
990110697830203941
Library Location
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Notes
Bound in half leather and boards.
Written in Naskhi hand, in one column, 25 lines per page, in black and red.
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and with Him is help. Praise be to God who made the Sacred Mosque a place of return for the people and a place of security and commanded the Kaaba to be inscribed, the Sacred House... :Incipit
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may blessings and peace be completed upon the Master of the Prophets and Messengers and upon his family and companions... :Colophon
The auhtor finished his writing on 7 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 985 AH [May 25, 1577 AD] (f. 202r).
Cream laid paper with watermarks. 20.2 x 14.7 cm. (15 x 8.5 cm.)
In Arabic.
Tür
government publication
Early works to 1800
Chronology
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MS Arab SM172. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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