An illuminated Hajj Scroll presented to a woman named Fatemeh bint Abdullah Al-Hussaynieh, depicting Mecca and Medina, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Egypt, dated 1137 AH (1724-1725 AD)] single scroll formed of 2 membranes, divided into 8 main divisions, comprising: (i) 'Bismillah' opening, formed of large stylised calligraphic script in gold and outlined in black, (ii) another stylised calligraphic section of du'a in gold, with decorations in blue surrounded by red and black flowers, (iii) a decorative section containing text describing the parts of Ka'aba with a panel of text below in thuluth (iv) an illustration of the holy Ka'aba (v) a decorative section containing text describing the sections of Ka'aba with a panel of text below in thuluth, (vi) a detailed illustration of Medina, (vii) the prophet's footprint in outline surrounded by prayers in black naskh, (viii) the colophon and final section naming the pilgrim and dating the document, all outlined in royal blue, some slight surface soiling, some of the filigree detailing in later hand, overall very good condition, total 1040 by 190 mm.; with contemporary paper wraparound of eighteenth century marbled paper and leather strap, housed in late nineteenth/century leather tube-case with lid An exceptionally scarce Hajj certificate scroll copied for a female pilgrim in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Hajj certificate scrolls with illustrations depicting Mecca and Medina are scarce in themselves, but to find one recording its owner as a woman is remarkable. The only comparable traced by us is British Library, MS. 27566 made for the Hajj of Maymuna, daughter of Abdullah al-Zardali, and is in a nearly identical format, but dated 836 AH (1433 AD), almost three centuries before the present example). That one is thought to be North African and possibly of Egyptian origin, and despite the difference in their age the emergence of this manuscript suggests the existence of a long-standing workshop in the region, who used this particular style of Hajj scroll for female pilgrims. Few Hajj scrolls are as sophisticated and colourful as the present example, and even fewer are signed and copied in such a competent hand. Where they do exist they are predominantly from large scribal centres such as Mecca or India (see the eighteenth- or nineteenth-century one from North India or Mecca, sold Sotheby's, 26 April 2017, lot 55, for £320,750, and that dated 1202 AH/1787-88 AD from India or Mecca, sold in Christie's, 7 April 2011, lot 267, for £62,750), and the present example and the British Library manuscript would appear to be the sole noteworthy survivals from Egypt or North Africa.
An illuminated Hajj Scroll presented to a woman named Fatemeh bint Abdullah Al-Hussaynieh, depicting Mecca and Medina, in Arabic, illuminated manuscript on paper [probably Egypt, dated 1137 AH (1724-1725 AD)] single scroll formed of 2 membranes, divided into 8 main divisions, comprising: (i) 'Bismillah' opening, formed of large stylised calligraphic script in gold and outlined in black, (ii) another stylised calligraphic section of du'a in gold, with decorations in blue surrounded by red and black flowers, (iii) a decorative section containing text describing the parts of Ka'aba with a panel of text below in thuluth (iv) an illustration of the holy Ka'aba (v) a decorative section containing text describing the sections of Ka'aba with a panel of text below in thuluth, (vi) a detailed illustration of Medina, (vii) the prophet's footprint in outline surrounded by prayers in black naskh, (viii) the colophon and final section naming the pilgrim and dating the document, all outlined in royal blue, some slight surface soiling, some of the filigree detailing in later hand, overall very good condition, total 1040 by 190 mm.; with contemporary paper wraparound of eighteenth century marbled paper and leather strap, housed in late nineteenth/century leather tube-case with lid An exceptionally scarce Hajj certificate scroll copied for a female pilgrim in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Hajj certificate scrolls with illustrations depicting Mecca and Medina are scarce in themselves, but to find one recording its owner as a woman is remarkable. The only comparable traced by us is British Library, MS. 27566 made for the Hajj of Maymuna, daughter of Abdullah al-Zardali, and is in a nearly identical format, but dated 836 AH (1433 AD), almost three centuries before the present example). That one is thought to be North African and possibly of Egyptian origin, and despite the difference in their age the emergence of this manuscript suggests the existence of a long-standing workshop in the region, who used this particular style of Hajj scroll for female pilgrims. Few Hajj scrolls are as sophisticated and colourful as the present example, and even fewer are signed and copied in such a competent hand. Where they do exist they are predominantly from large scribal centres such as Mecca or India (see the eighteenth- or nineteenth-century one from North India or Mecca, sold Sotheby's, 26 April 2017, lot 55, for £320,750, and that dated 1202 AH/1787-88 AD from India or Mecca, sold in Christie's, 7 April 2011, lot 267, for £62,750), and the present example and the British Library manuscript would appear to be the sole noteworthy survivals from Egypt or North Africa.
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