Title:  A Guide for the Good

Description

• This Muslim prayer book is a 1785 copy of an original 15th-century manuscript. The work includes a panorama of Mecca and Medina, the holy cities of Islam in Saudi Arabia. Mecca, where the Prophet Muhammad was born and lived for the first 50 years of his life, is the most sacred city in Islam. It is also where the Ka`bah is found, the holiest sanctuary in Islam and called the "house of God" (Bayt Allah). Muslims throughout the world pray facing in the direction of Mecca and the Ka`bah. Medina is the second most sacred city in Islam, where the Prophet Muhammad sought refuge, died, and was entombed.

Author

• Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān (Died 1465)

Scribe

• Mawlawī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm

Date Created

• 1785

Publication Information

• Edirne, Turkey

Language

• Arabic

Title in Original Language

• دليل إلى الخير

Place

• Middle East and North Africa > Saudi Arabia

Time

• 500 AD - 1499 AD

Topic

• Religion > Other religions > Islam, Babism & Bahai Faith

Additional Subjects

• Arabic manuscripts ; Islam ; Mecca ; Medina ; Muḥammad, Prophet (Died 632) ; Prayers and devotions

Type of Item

• Manuscripts

Physical Description

• 145 leaves : paper ; 15.7 x 9.5 centimeters

Notes

• Some passages in Turkish.

Collection

• John Davis Batchelder Collection

Institution

• Library of Congress

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