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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum MS W.583
Descriptive Title Collection oI prayers Ior the Prophet Muhammad
Work Dalil al-khayrt wa-shawriq al-anwr I al-salh ala al-
nab al-mukhtr
Author(s) al-Jazl (d. 877 AH / 1472 CE)
Date 11th century AH / 17th CE
Abstract This manuscript is an elegantly penned and illuminated copy
oI the well-known collection oI prayers Ior the Prophet
Muhammad entitled Dalil al-khayrt and composed by
Muhammad al-Jazl (d. 877 AH / 1472 CE). Written on
paper in Turkish naskh script, this prayer book was probably
made in the 11th century AH / 17th CE. It contains two Iacing
illustrations (Iols.15b-16a), Ieaturing the mosque compound
in Medina with the tombs oI Muhammad, Ab Bakr, and
Umar.
Language The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Support Support material: paper
laid European paper
Foliation 106
Dimensions 12.0 cm wide by 19.0 cm high
Written surface 6.0 cm wide by 13.0 cm high
Binding Binding is not original.
Brown leather (with Ilap) and lobed oval as the center piece,
brushed over with gilt
This document is a digital Iacsimile oI a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in
Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one oI a number oI manuscripts that have been
digitized as part oI a project generously Iunded by the National Endowment Ior the Humanities,
and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at
the Walters can be Iound by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For
Iurther inIormation about this book, and online resources Ior Walters manuscripts, please contact
us through the Walters Website by email, and ask Ior your message to be directed to the Department
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Published 2009
A digital Iacsimile oI Walters MS W.583,
Collection oI prayers Ior the Prophet Muhammad
Title: Dalil al-khayrt wa-shawriq al-anwr I al-salh ala al-nab al-mukhtr
Published by: The Walters Art Museum
600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201
http://www.thewalters.org/