The House of God and the Tomb of the Prophet

Sabiha Goeloglu is an independent researcher based in Berlin. She has taught courses on Islamic and Ottoman art at the University of Vienna and has held postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Hamburg and Michigan and at the Museum for Islamic Art in Berlin.

Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration and Translation Introduction Scope of the Book Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem Pictorial Modes and Terminology Structure of the Book 1. Pilgrimage Rolls Early Pilgrimage Rolls Epigraphic Program of Prince Mehmed's Pilgrimage Roll Other Ottoman Pilgrimage Rolls Roll Format and Multiviews Attesting Pilgrimage and Public Display Concluding Remarks 2. Pilgrimage Manuals Pilgrimage Literature The Futuh al-Haramayn Codex Format and Paraline Views Text-and-Image and Image-and-Image Relationships Teaching and Guiding Pilgrims Concluding Remarks 3. Haramayn Panels Ceramic Panels Inscriptions and Perspectival Views Panels of Other Media Directional and Qibla Decorum Virtual Experiences of Prayer and Pilgrimage Concluding Remarks 4. Devotional Books The Dalail al-khayrat and the Enam-i serif Production and Circulation Endowments and Recitations The Dalail al-khayrat and Haramayn Images The Enam-i serif and Devotional Imagery Seeking Protection Concluding Remarks 5. Paintings, Prints, and Photographs The Tableau general and Haramayn Prints From Prints to Prints, From Prints to Paintings Early Haramayn Photographs From Photographs to Paintings, From Paintings to Photographs The Fatih Mosque Painting Concluding Remarks Epilogue Appendix: Prince Mehmed's Pilgrimage Roll Lists of Objects Bibliography Index

"Sabiha Goeloglu has pulled together an impressive amount of visual material, preparing a catalogue that will be a useful reference source for anyone interested in how the holy cities of Islam have been represented in the Ottoman empire over the centuries."-Emine Fetvaci, author of Picturing History at the Ottoman Court "Spanning four centuries from the Ottoman annexation of the Hijaz in 1517 to the empire's dissolution in the 1920s, this richly detailed work investigates how the Mecca and Medina were depicted across a variety of media and how those representations served devotional, political, and commemorative functions within Ottoman society. . . . This is a masterfully researched and eloquently argued study that not only enhances our understanding of Ottoman visual culture but also deepens our appreciation of the religious and emotional power of images in Islamic societies."-Zeynep Yuerekli, author of Architecture and Hagiography in the Ottoman Empire: The Politics of Bektashi Shrines in the Classical Age