An illustrated pilgrimage manuscript,Turkey, Ottoman, 18th century, and a scroll relating to Mecca & Medina, dated 1223 and 1226 AH/1808 and 1811 AD

Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 3 works in one volume, 68 leaves plus 6 flyleaves, 19 lines to the page, written in black naskh script, catchwords, various marginal glosses written diagonally, 2 fold-out illustrations of Medina and al-'Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, the former heightened with gold, the latter in gouache; the scroll written in an Ottoman naskh in black ink

Manuscript in good overall condition, Jerusalem painting slightly rubbed, wear to binding, minor stains and smudges, ink stains to leaf edges of second half; scroll with minor stains and losses to leaf edges, as viewed.
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This pilgrimage manuscript includes both illustrations of Medina and al-'Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, the second and third holiest sites in Islam, after Mecca. Two similar such illustrations, though not in bound form, were sold in these rooms, 8 October 2014, lots 22 and 24. The scroll included with the present lot is an inventory of the numerous waqfs of al-Haramayn al-Sharafayn, mentioning the names of various inspectors including Muhammad Sadruddinzadeh and Muhammad Fikri.