Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage

Professor Sir David Nasser Khalili is an Iranian-born British scholar, collector, philanthropist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. He received his PhD in Islamic Art from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where he was also awarded an Honorary Fellowship in 1992. He is also an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where he is a Member of the Chancellor’s Court of Benefactors.Qaisra M. Khan is a Curator specialising in the Arts of Pilgrimage for over a decade. She has a degree in Law and an MPhil in Oriental Studies from Cambridge University and a further MA in Islamic Art and Architecture from SOAS, University of London. Nahla Nassar graduated with a BA Honours in Fine Art and Archaeology from the American University of Beirut. As well as co-curating the Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage Collection, she has been Curator and Registrar of the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art since 1989.With contributions by Dr Bilal Badat, Dr Sami De Giosa, Mr Seif El Rashidi, Dr Sabiha Gologlu, Professor Alastair Hamilton, Dr Edmund Hayes, Ms Qaisra M. Khan, Ms Janie Lightfoot, Professor Jan Loop, Dr Michael Christopher Low, Professor Richard McGregor, Dr Sergio Carro Martín, Professor Ulrich Marzolph, Dr Luitgard Mols, Dr Harry Munt, Ms Nahla Nassar, Mr James Nicholson, Mr Yousuf Saeed, Dr Saarthak Singh, Dr John Slight, Dr Mehmet Tütüncü, Dr Aram Vardanyan, Dr Arnoud Vrolijk, Dr Muhammad Isa Waley, Dr Peter Webb, Mr Michael Wolfe.

• Volume OneForeword, Julian RabyPreface, Qaisra M. KhanList of Authors1 TheHajj, Michael Wolfe2 The History and Significance of the Meccan Hajj – from Pre-Islam to the Rise of the Abbasids, Peter Webb3 The Prophet’s Tomb and the History of Pilgrimage to Medina (Up to the Mamluk Period), Harry Munt4 Unrolling the Hajj: the Evolution of Pilgrimage Certificates, Sergio Carro Martín5 Islamic Coins as Witnesses to Secular Power and Pilgrimage in Medieval Mecca and Medina, Aram Vardanyan6 Futuh al-Haramayn: Muhyi Lari’s Versified Account of Hajj and the Holy Places of the Hijaz, Muhammad Isa Waley7 Tuhfet ül-Haremeyn: the Ottoman Poet Yusuf Nabi’s Account of his Pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, Muhammad Isa Waley8 The Cemeteries of Mecca and Medina, Qaisra M. Khan9 Entwined Itineraries: Early Shiʿi Interpretations of the Hajj and the Ziyārah to the Shiʿi Imams, Edmund Hayes10 Shiʿi Perspectives on Hajj: Illustrated Souvenir Scrolls of Hajj and Ziyārat, Ulrich Marzolph11 The Work of Dar al-Kiswah, Nahla Nassar12 Insights from the Accounts of a Noble Enterprise: Ledgers from Dar al-Kiswah 1900–70, Seif el Rashidi13 The Life and Works of Abdullah Zühdi Efendi, Bilal Badat & Sami De Giosa14 From Mecca to Medina: a Textile Conservation Story, 2007, Janie Lightfoot15 The Place of Pilgrimage in Talismanic Shirts from the Islamic World, Saarthak Singh Volume Two16 The Chronological Development of Mecca Views, Mehmet Tütüncü17 Multi-, Paraline and Perspectival Views of Islamic Pilgrimage Sites, Sabiha Göloğlu18 Early Hajj Photography, 1880–1914, Arnoud Vrolijk19 Regional Styles, International Models: the Holy Sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina on Reverse Glass Paintings, Luitgard Mols20 Maḥmals in Procession – Spectacles from Cairo and Damascus, Richard McGregor21 ‘The Puzzle of Egypt’: the Maḥmal in Western Eyes, Alastair Hamilton22 Travellers in Disguise – Europeans in Mecca and Medina (1500 – 1930), Jan Loop23 Deadly Journeys: Public Health and Mobility Regulation in the Age of Steam, Michael Christopher Low24 The Hijaz Railway and Route Guide, James Nicholson25 The Hajj and Colonial South Asia, John Slight26 The Special Hajj Banknotes of Pakistan, Qaisra M. Khan27 South Asia as a Production Hub for Popular Islamic Images, Yousuf SaeedBibliography