Mecca mukarrama ya harakat, a manuscript on the Hajj routes to Mecca, Ottoman Provinces, late 18th century

Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 27 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 17 lines to the page, ruled in gold and green, written in naskh in black ink,  titles and important words in red naskh, f.1b with a gold and polychrome headpiece, in later paper binding

In generally good condition, the margins with minor annotations, minor holes, the biggest one on f.2a, some smudges to the text and various stains, f.24 a later replacement, f.27b with a stamp, as viewed.
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This manuscript provides a guide to the stations (menazil) along the pilgrimage routes to Mecca, outlining the various stops and the distances between them, as well as other details such as the availability of water. It opens with details of the stations between Egypt and Mecca and is followed by the various routes from Üsküdar. From the seventeenth century onward there was a large corpus of travel guides dealing with the various stages on the pilgrimage to Mecca, including such works as Sulhi’s Der-beyan-ı ‘aded-i menazilu-i Hicaz ('Description of the number of stations to the Hijaz'), Bahri’s Üsküdar’dan Şam’a kadar konaklar ('Stations from Üsküdar to Damascus'), Haci Seyyid Hasan Rıza’i’s Tuhfetü’l- menazili’l-Ka’be ('Gift of the stations of the Ka’be'), Kadri’s Menazilü’t-tarik ila beyti’ilahi’l- ‘atik ('Stations of the road to the ancient house of God'), Cudi’s Merahilü Mekke mine’ş-Şam ('Stages from Damascus to Mecca'), Seyyid Ibrahim Hanif's (d.1802) Hasil-i hacc-i şerif li-menazili’l-haremeyn ('Outcome of the Hajj to the stations of the two sanctuaries'), Mehmed Edib's (eighteenth century) Nehcetü’l-menasik, ('Highway of stations'). For a short treatment of Ottoman Hajj literature, see Dr. Menderes Coskun, 'Ottoman Attitudes Towards Writing about Pilgrimage Experience', Millii Folklor, 2012 (24), pp.72-82.