AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED HAJJ SCROLL, WRITTEN BY ABDUL-ALAH BIN HUSSAIN IN 1287 AH/1873 AD

Arabic manuscript on cloth, with Mecca and Medina drawings, prayers and Quran verses. A Single cloth scroll divided into different main divisions with thuluth, naskh and Kufic script in black, blue and gilt colours.
24 by 330 cm.

Comprising:
Starting with Kalimaat al-Tawhid in white thuluth script within a cartouche

(1) The words "Allah and Muahhamad" in kufic intertwined form, surrounded by surah al-Fatiha, surah al-Ikhlas, surah al-Nas and surah al-Falq.
(2) An illustration of al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
(3) A roundel of the 99 Beautiful names of Allah in black and gold thuluth script.
(4) An illustration of the tents in Muna, the mountain of Arafat.
(5) Beautiful names of Allah in large red and black thuluth script.
(6) An illustration of the tents in Muna, the graves of the companions.
(7) The words " Allah, Muhammad and the four Rashidun" intertwined in gold thuluth script, surrounded by roundels with names of the prophet companions.
(8) An illustration of al-Rawda al-Sharifa with Minbar of the prophet.
(9) A hilya of the prophet.
(10) poem in praising the prophet within Kalmiaat al-Tawhid in kufic script.
(11) An illustrator of the Rock mosque with the graves of some prophets.
(12) Oh Hanna, Oh Mannan in thuluth script with Quran verses.
(13) An illustration of al-Minbar, the mountain of Tur etc.
(14) The colophon and final section withsome prayers and the name of the calligrapher "Abdul Allah Bin Hussain" in 1287AH.