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Book SynopsisOver the course of five decades, Professor Sir Nasser David Khalili has assembled eight of the world’s most important collections of art. Together they consist of over 35,000 objects, with each collection providing an exhaustive account of its subject. In acquiring, conserving, researching, exhibiting, publishing and digitising these collections, Sir David has contributed, significantly to numerous fields of scholarship and in the process helped foster a greater understanding of the world’s traditions. One of these eight collections – Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage – was compiled not only on the basis of its intrinsic aesthetic merit, but principally as a means of telling a complete visual story of Hajj and the importance of the sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina. Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage consists of twenty-seven essays addressing objects in the remarkable collection of Professor Sir Nasser David Khalili. The collection features more than five thousand objects relating to the arts of pilgrimage, from the eighth century to today, and includes Qur’ans, illustrated manuscripts, rare books, scientific instruments, textiles, coins, paintings, prints, and photo-postcards, as well as archival material, unique historical documents, and examples of the work of some of the earliest Muslim photographers of Hajj. Together the essays in Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage provide a comprehensive overview of Hajj, illustrating the religious, spiritual, cultural, and artistic aspects of pilgrimage to the Holy Sanctuaries of Islam and the cosmopolitan nature of Hajj itself. Each essay is written by a prominent specialist in the field and beautifully illustrated with full-colour images of objects from the collection, some of which have never been seen before. This work is a fitting tribute to Professor Sir Nasser David Khalili and his decades of passion, determination and scholarship in the field of Islamic art. These volumes will transform our perception of the pilgrimage.
Table of ContentsVolume One Foreword, Julian Raby Preface, Qaisra M. Khan List of Authors 1 TheHajj, Michael Wolfe 2 The History and Significance of the Meccan Hajj – from Pre-Islam to the Rise of the Abbasids, Peter Webb 3 The Prophet’s Tomb and the History of Pilgrimage to Medina (Up to the Mamluk Period), Harry Munt 4 Unrolling the Hajj: the Evolution of Pilgrimage Certificates, Sergio Carro Martín 5 Islamic Coins as Witnesses to Secular Power and Pilgrimage in Medieval Mecca and Medina, Aram Vardanyan 6 Futuh al-Haramayn: Muhyi Lari’s Versified Account of Hajj and the Holy Places of the Hijaz, Muhammad Isa Waley 7 Tuhfet ül-Haremeyn: the Ottoman Poet Yusuf Nabi’s Account of his Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Muhammad Isa Waley 8 The Cemeteries of Mecca and Medina, Qaisra M. Khan 9 Entwined Itineraries: Early Shiʿi Interpretations of the Hajj and the Ziyārah to the Shiʿi Imams, Edmund Hayes 10 Shiʿi Perspectives on Hajj: Illustrated Souvenir Scrolls of Hajj and Ziyārat, Ulrich Marzolph 11 The Work of Dar al-Kiswah, Nahla Nassar 12 Insights from the Accounts of a Noble Enterprise: Ledgers from Dar al-Kiswah 1900–70, Seif el Rashidi 13 The Life and Works of Abdullah Zühdi Efendi, Bilal Badat & Sami De Giosa 14 From Mecca to Medina: a Textile Conservation Story, 2007, Janie Lightfoot 15 The Place of Pilgrimage in Talismanic Shirts from the Islamic World, Saarthak Singh Volume Two 16 The Chronological Development of Mecca Views, Mehmet Tütüncü 17 Multi-, Paraline and Perspectival Views of Islamic Pilgrimage Sites, Sabiha Göloğlu 18 Early Hajj Photography, 1880–1914, Arnoud Vrolijk 19 Regional Styles, International Models: the Holy Sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina on Reverse Glass Paintings, Luitgard Mols 20 Maḥmals in Procession – Spectacles from Cairo and Damascus, Richard McGregor 21 ‘The Puzzle of Egypt’: the Maḥmal in Western Eyes, Alastair Hamilton 22 Travellers in Disguise – Europeans in Mecca and Medina (1500 – 1930), Jan Loop 23 Deadly Journeys: Public Health and Mobility Regulation in the Age of Steam, Michael Christopher Low 24 The Hijaz Railway and Route Guide, James Nicholson 25 The Hajj and Colonial South Asia, John Slight 26 The Special Hajj Banknotes of Pakistan, Qaisra M. Khan 27 South Asia as a Production Hub for Popular Islamic Images, Yousuf Saeed Bibliography
