Kulliyat, a miscellany of five works of religious poetry including accounts of the Hajj, Turkey, Ottoman, late 17th century

Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 224 leaves plus 4 flyleaves, divided into 3 books, 15-19 lines to the page, written in black ta'liq script in 1 or 2 columns, each book with an illuminated headpiece, the middle book with 17 full-page drawings relating to the Hajj in gouache heightened with gold, including illustrations of Mecca and Medina, reddish-brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped medallions, with flap

Ownership inscription of Sayyid Muhammad Efendi Katib, Salonika, Greece, dated 1178 AH/1764-65 AD

In fair overall condition, opening leaf with significant tears and losses, various water stains throughout, some smudging, first half with various splits to margins of text area, binding worn and repaired, as viewed.
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This interesting Ottoman manuscript comprises five separate works, as follows: I: Khabar-nama; II: Tuhfat va Kalsh; III: Sur-nama; IV: Manasik Haj; V: Tuhfetu’l Haremeyn.

Work II, Tuhfat va Kalsh, gives the date 1082 AH/1671-72 AD, probably that of the composition of the work.

Work V is an account by Yusuf Nabi (1642-1712) of his journey to Mecca and Medina, and he relates how he obtained the permission of the Grand Vizier Mustafa Pasha, according to the chronogram at the end, in 1682-83 and set out from Uskudar in 1678-79, also visiting Konya, Urfa, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem and Cairo (see G. Kut, Supplementary Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2003, pp.216-17, no.303).

The illustrations  in work III, Manasik Hajj, 'The rituals of the pilgrimage', are as follows: I: Suq al-Layl (The Night Market), the birthplace of the Prophet and the Imam ‘Ali; II: Masjid ‘atiq, Old Mosque where the Prophet received the Call; III: Jebel Hira, the site of the Prophet’s first revelation; IV: Cemetery with the tombs of the sharifs, pious and  holy men; V: Jebel Thawr; VI: Jebel ‘Arafat with tents in the outer margins; VII: The site of Muzdalifah between ‘Arafat and Mina ; VIII: The Ka’ba and the surrounding precinct at Mecca; IX: The road between Safa and Marwa; X: Jebel Abu Qubais and the two halves of the moon; Xl: The site of the stoning of the jamarat near Mina; XII Jebel Mifrah between Mecca and Medina; XIII: The sanctuary at Medina with the mosque and tomb of the Prophet; XIV: Cemetery with the tombs of the mothers of the Mu’minin; XV: Jebel Uhud and the shrine of Hamza, the Prophet’s uncle; XVI: Jebel Badr; XVII: The mosques of  ‘Ali, Hasan and Zayn al-Abidin.