Arts of the Islamic World & India

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A Hajj certificate, commissioned for Sheikh Muhammad 'Atta ibn Muhammad Sa'id al-Ayyubi al-Ansari al-Khazraji, Hijaz, Ottoman, dated 1262 AH/1846 AD

Auction Closed

October 25, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ink, gouache and silver on paper, the page divided into panels depicting the sites of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, with location names in naskh in black ink, the panels within silver borders, witness signatures

110.8 by 35.7cm.

This certificate documents the pilgrimage of Muhammad ‘Ata ibn Muhammad Sa’id al-Ayyubi al-Ansari al-Khazraji who returned to Damascus on 25 Muharram 1262 AH (22 January 1846 AD). Further hajj certificates sold in these rooms, 26 April 2023, lot 2 and 27 October 2021, lot 125.