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Sayyid Yusuf’s 1433 Pilgrimage Scroll (Ziyārātnāma) in the Collection of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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ID19416151
AuthorsMounia Chekhab-Abudaya (1Museum of Islamic Art, Doha), Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes (0000-0001-8371-3046, 2Museum of Islamic Art, Doha), David J Roxburgh (3Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University)
Year2016
Volume33
Issue1
Pages345-407
Publication date2016-11-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMuqarnas Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0732-2992 • E-ISSN: 2211-8993
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/22118993_03301p011
OpenAlexW2587288356
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited1

A pilgrimage scroll ( ziyārātnāma ) dated 1433 in the name of Sayyid Yusuf b. Sayyid Shihab al-Din Ma Waraʾ al-Nahri records an ʿumra to Mecca and visits ( ziyārāt ) to Medina, Jerusalem, Hebron, Najaf, and Karbala. This document reflects a common phenomenon in the central Islamic lands of the post-Mongol and pre-Safavid period, namely, the non-sectarian veneration of the family of the Prophet Muhammad, and its narrative provides unusually rich details about the pilgrim’s objectives in commissioning it. Given the rarity of this document and the lack of any scholarly study of it, two art historians and one conservation scientist here present an in-depth analysis of its materials, techniques of production, format, form, topographic representations, and calligraphy. The scroll is also considered vis-à-vis comparative materials, which are admittedly scant in number

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Calligraphy · Islam · Literature · Narrative · Pilgrim · Pilgrimage · Scroll · Veneration · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History

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Citations per year0,67
Citation span2020 - 2024 (5)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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