Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn.

Title:

Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn.
فتوح الحرمين

Creator:

Muḥyī Lārī, -1526 or 1527
Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis Collection of Oriental Manuscripts

Date:

1566 or 1567

Description:

Copy, somewhat damaged by worms, of a poem describing the holy cities of Mecca and Medina and some practices and customs of the pilgrimage; illustrated with 12 simple drawings, chiefly in blue, red, green.

Language:

Persian

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Miniatures (paintings)
Early works
Persian poetry--747-1500
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Mecca
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages--Saudi Arabia--Medina
Manuscripts, Persian--16th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--16th century
Manuscripts, Oriental
Manuscripts, Persian
Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages
Persian poetry
Travel

Provenance:

Sold at Sotheby's 25 July 1917, lot 734 (note in pencil, inside front cover).Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Extent:

15 lines, chiefly in two columns; border-ruled.

Publisher:

Free Library of Philadelphia

Rights:

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Identifier:

Lewis O 82

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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