Gazing at Mecca and Medina

Premodern Representations of the Ḥaramayn
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73190-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 193 mm x 260 mm

Reihe: Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World

This volume presents new research and perspective on the topic of representations of Mecca and Medina in premodern material culture, spanning from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century, from Europe to Southeast Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Foreword Finbarr Barry Flood

Acknowledgements

Note on Transliteration

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya

1 “The Neighbours of [God’s] Messenger Deserve to Be Honoured and Endorsed” A Letter Roll from the Medinan Notables to Sultan Süleyman (TSMA E. 7750) Sabiha Göloglu and Guy Burak

2 Ziyara to Medina: Study of a Certificate Depicting the Prophet’s Mosque Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya and Sergio Carro Martín

3 Representations of Pilgrims at the Holy Sites of Mecca and Medina in Futuh al-Haramayn Manuscripts Marika Sardar

4 Mecca in Acehnese Poetry and Drawing Nurul Iman Rusli

5 Sarajevo Paintings of Mecca and Medina Haris Derviševic

6 Shi'i and Sufi Paths of Pilgrimage and Salvation Study of a Scroll in the Aga Khan Museum Deniz Beyazit

7 Layli and the Ka'ba, or Finding Love at the Heart of Islam Representing al-Bayt in Persian Painting Nicoletta Fazio

8 Ut ekphrasis pictura: When Words Take Shape in Sir John Chardin’s Drawings of Muhammad’s Tomb in Mecca Avinoam Shalem

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya is Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. She completed her Ph.D. in Islamic Art History and Archaeology at the Pantheon Sorbonne University in Paris and is specialized in the Western Mediterranean, manuscripts and pilgrimage-related devotional materials in the Islamic world.