A LOOSE ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM AL-JAZULI (D. 1472)'S DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT WITH AERIAL VIEW OF KA’BA
Kashmir, Northern India, late 18th – early 19th century

A LOOSE ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM AL-JAZULI (D. 1472)'S DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT WITH AERIAL VIEW OF KA’BA
Kashmir, Northern India, late 18th – early 19th century

Arabic manuscript on wove paper, the verso with 10ll. of black and red ink naskh script to the folio, the text ‘describing the blessed garden in which the Prophet was buried’, the bismillah and significant words in red, set within red rules, the verso with fine illumination, painted in white, red, yellow, and black, depicting an aerial view of the sacred enclosure of Ka’ba and the holy Muslim shrines in Mecca, the Masjid al-Haram ground surrounded by an arcade surmounted by gilt domes, the text panel 15.8cm x 8cm, the folio 18cm x 11.5cm.

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Dimensions: the text panel 15.8cm x 8cm, the folio 18cm x 11.5cm