Gazing at Mecca and Medina: premodern representations of the Haramayn

Abstract

"This volume presents a comprehensive collection of studies centered on the depictions of Mecca and Medina across diverse media, historical periods, and geographical contexts. By covering such an extensive temporal and spatial range, it provides readers with fresh and engaging interpretations and brings forward of overlooked and understudied materials, such as Acehnese manuscripts or Bosnian wall paintings. Contributors: Deniz Beyazit; Guy Burak; Sergio Carro Martin; Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya; Haris Dervisevic; Nicoletta Fazio; Barry Flood; Sabiha Gologlu; Nurul Iman Rusli; Marika Sardar; Avinoam Shalem."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction / Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- "The neighbours of [God's] messenger deserve to be honoured and endorsed" : a letter roll from the Medinan notables to Sultan Süleymān (TSMA E. 7750) / Sabiha Göloğlu and Guy Burak -- Ziyāra to Medina : study of a certificate depicting the Prophet's mosque / Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya and Sergio Carro Martín -- Representations of pilgrims at the Holy Sites of Mecca and Medina in Futūḥ al-Ḥaramayn manuscripts / Marika Sardar -- Mecca in Acehnese poetry and drawing / Nurul Iman Rusli -- Sarajevo paintings of Mecca and Medina / Haris Dervišević -- Shiʻi and Sufi paths of pilgrimage and salvation : study of a scroll in the Aga Khan Museum / Deniz Beyazıt -- Laylīand the Kaʻba, or, Finding love at the heart of Islam : representing al-Bayt in Persian painting / Nicoletta Fazio -- Ut ekphrasis pictura : when words take shape in Sir John Chardin's drawings of Muhammad's tomb in Mecca / Avinoam Shalem.