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Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina  wikidata:Q107664116 reasonator:Q107664116
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Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina
label QS:Len,"Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina"
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Object type manuscript Edit this at Wikidata
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The text consists of Qur'anic verses, short prayers and invocations, and numerous repetitions of the basmalah and the shahadah , the latter arranged into decorative shapes such as vases, flowers, a pagoda and the bifurcated sword, dhu’l-fiqar. In addition, there are depictions of the Masjid al-Haram at Mecca and the Prophet's mosque at Medina, and the last panel encloses the hilyah of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date dated AH 1261 (AD 1845)
Medium ink, watercolours and gold on paper
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation China
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/scroll-with-views-of-mecca-and-medina-mss-1270/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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Description Scroll with Views of Mecca and Medina
Date 2 May 2017, 15:40:01
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections
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