Walters Ms. W.679, Two leaves depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and his sons Hasan and Husayn

W.679

Two leaves depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and his sons Hasan and Husayn

These two leaves are Ottoman Turkish illustrations. One depicts the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Kaʿbah, and the other depicts the Prophet Muhammad, ʿAlī, and his young sons Ḥasan and Ḥusayn. The illustrations were executed in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. They are presently mounted on the first and last leaves of an illuminated manuscript copied in nastaʿlīq script in 798 AH / 1396 CE by Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥusaynī.

11th century AH / 17th CE

Turkey

Leaf

Historical

The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.

Foliation: 2

15.0 cm wide by 25.0 cm high

1. Columns: 1
2. Ruled lines: 12

1. Title: The Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and his sons Hasan and Husayn
2. Hand note: Written in nastaʿlīq script
3. Decoration note: Two illustrations mounted on the first and last leaves of an illuminated manuscript with a colophon written in nastaʿlīq script giving the scribe’s name as Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥusaynī and the date of copying as the end of Rabīʿ II 798 AH / 1396 CE.

fol. W.679Aa:

1. 
2. Title: The Prophet Muhammad praying at the Kaʿbah
3. Form: Illustration

fol. W.679Ab:

1. 
2. Title: Text page with colophon
3. Form: Text page; colophon
4. Label: This is the back of an illustration of the Prophet Muhammad praying at the Kaʿbah from the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. It is an illuminated text page written in nastaʿlīq script with a colophon dated 798 AH / 1396 CE by Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥusaynī.

fol. W.679Ba:

1. 
2. Title: The Prophet Muhammad, ʿAlī, and his sons Ḥasan and Ḥusayn
3. Form: Illustration

fol. W.679Bb:

1. 
2. Title: Incipit with illuminated headpiece
3. Form: Incipit; headpiece

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Renard, John, ed. Windows on the House of Islam: Muslim Sources on Spirituality and Religious Life. (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1998), 118; fig. 22.

Milstein, Rachel. Miniature Painting in Ottoman Baghdad. (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazdâ, 1990), 114; plate 43.

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara

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