Walters Ms. W.679, Two leaves depicting the Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and his sons Hasan and HusaynThe Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and his sons Hasan and HusaynPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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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.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.679The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. W.679Aa - W.679BbThe Prophet Muhammad, Ali, and his sons Hasan and HusaynFoliation: 225.015.0Written in nastaʿlīq scriptTwo 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.The Prophet Muhammad praying at the KaʿbahIllustrationText page with colophonText page; colophonThis 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.The Prophet Muhammad, ʿAlī, and his sons Ḥasan and ḤusaynIllustrationIncipit with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpiece11th century AH / 17th CETurkeyWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksRenard, 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.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid stylecharter8th Century9th Century10th Century11th Century12th Century13th Century14th Century15th Century16th Century17th Century18th Century19th Century20th CenturyMusical notationRussiaRomaniaLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishIlluminationIllustrationIslamicManuscriptOttomanTurkeyTurkishWalters Art Museum