AN OTTOMAN VIEW OF AL-MASJID AL-HARAM AND AL-MASJID AL-NABAWI, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, depicting al-Masjid al-Haram with seven minarets, with al-Kabaa in the centre surround by the four famous maqams and Bab al-Salam, two cartouches enclosing v.97 from syrah al-Imraan, v.158 from syrah al-Baqraa.
Al-Masjid al-Nabawi : Kalimaat al-Tawhid in reversed style and in kufic black script, supported upon five qubba's and minarets. two cartouches enclosing two Hadiths.