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A compilation of official letters, made (owned?) by Halīfẹ-zādẹ. The colophon lists the scribe (kâtip) as Mustafa Efendi. The presence of the date 1130/1717-18 gives an approximate period for the manuscript. The main text is preceded by a table of contents (1r-2r) and followed by two untitled didactic mesnevī poems and a few notes. Last of all come several simple representations, as stylised coloured elevations or plans, of holy places located - with one exception - in and around Medina, with the texts of supplicatory prayers. 1. 196v. The Ḥaram or Sanctuary (Ḥarem) of the Prophet at Medina, with the green dome (here brown) over his tomb; the Rawḍa (Ravża); and the palm tree of Fāṭima. Maximum 267 x 167 mm. 2. 197r. The Mosque of Qubā' (Mescid-i Ḳubā'), with its well, the palm tree that spoke to the Prophet, its companion palm, and an Ottoman-style minaret. Maximum 242 x 121 mm. 3. 197v. Shrines in Medina. Above: the Qubba of 'Abbās, in the cemetery of al-Baqī'. Below: Faṣīḥa Mosque (Mescid-i Faṣīḥa, or Mescid-i Şemsī, right), the Qubba of 'Osmān (left), and (between them) a well. Maximum 229 x 122 mm. 4. 198r. Shrines in the cemetery of Jannat al-Baqī' (destroyed in 1926). Above: the wives of the Prophet (Ḳubbe-'i Ezvāc), apart from Khadīja (buried in Jannat al-Mu'allā, also destroyed in 1926); his fostermother Ḥalīma (Ḳubbe-'i Ḥalīme), the mother of 'Alī (Ḳubbe-'i Vālide-'i 'Alī). Below: daughters of the Prophet (Ḳubbe-'i Benāt-i Resūl), 'Aqīl [ibn Abī Ṭālib], elder brother of 'Alī (Ḳubbe-'i 'Aḳīl), Ibrāhīm (son of the Prophet) (Ḳubbe-'i İbrāhīm). Maximum 227 x 117 mm. 5. 198v. Tombs (destroyed in 1926) and mosques. Above: Graves of Imam Mālik (Ḳubbe-'i İmām Mālik Ḥażret), the jurist, and of the Qur'ān reciter Nāfi' (Ḳubbe-'i⁄Şeyh Nāfi'). Below: Masjid al-Ijāba (demolished in 2014) and Masjid al-Mā'ida (Mescid-i İcābe, Mescid-i Mā'ide). 227 x 121 mm. 6. 199r. Mosques. Above: four unnamed mosques in Medina (Medīne-i Münevverede vāḳi' olan mesācid-i erba'a). Below: Mescid-i Ḳıbleteyn (the Mosque of two Qiblas), with the Well of 'Uthmān (mentioned, not illustrated). Maximum 214 x 111 mm. 7. 199v. Uḥud. Above: Cebel Uḥud (Mount Uḥud), with the graves of the Muslim fighters slain in the Battle of Uḥud, the tomb of the Prophet Aaron (Mekān-ı Ḥażret-i Hārūn) at its summit, and a the hill where the prophet's uncle Ḥamza was slain. Below: the Prophet's Mosque, and the tomb of Ḥamza (Meşhed-i Seyyid uş-Şuhadā' Ḥażret-i Ḥamza). Maximum 215 x 116 mm. 8. 200r. Above: Mescid-i Ibrāhīm (the Mosque of Ibrāhīm). Centre: Scales (Mīzān: of Reckoning?), Well of the Khāns (Hānlar ḳuyusı. Below (damaged): apparently intended to be the Dome of the Rock (labeled Ḳuds-i Şerīf). Maximum 273 x 141 mm.

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Purchased from J. J. Raamas (?) on 5 October 1901.

See : Titley, MTM, p. 38 (no. 20