The Sacred Trusts: Pavilion of the Sacred Relics, Topkapı Palace Museum, IstanbulTughra Books, 2004 - 352 pages This gorgeous, full-color photographic guide reveals the marvelous collection of the sacred relics at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, which houses more than 600 invaluable belongings from prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad as well as a number of Muslim saints. Excavated from the most restricted rooms of the palace, the entire selection?including the pieces that are not on exhibit for daily visits?is compiled here for the first time in this fundamental handbook, making it perfect for students interested in Ottoman history, sacred relics of the Ottoman rule, or the broader Islamic heritage. |
Contents
Groundplan of the Pavilion of the Sacred Relics | 12 |
The Privy Chamber The Throne Room Has Oda | 23 |
Handkerchief Room Destimal Odası | 31 |
Quran Recitation in the Apartments of the Holy Mantle | 41 |
The Holy Mantle 32 | 52 |
The Honored Standard | 70 |
First Manuscripts of Quranic Verses | 87 |
The Letters of Prophet Muhammad | 96 |
The Sacred Strands of Hair | 102 |
The Prophets Footprint | 114 |
The Sacred Sandals | 125 |
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The Sacred Trusts: Pavilion of the Sacred Relics, Topkapi Palace Museum ... Hilmi Aydin No preview available - 2010 |
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Abu Bakr Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Ahmad Apartments blade Caliphs chest Companions covered cross guard Dergisi dome door drachmas Efendi Egypt Fatima al-Zahra gilded gold grams grand vizier hilt Holy Mantle Honored Standard ibn Abu Talib incense inscription Islamic Istanbul Ka'ba Khalid ibn Walid Madina Mahmud Mehmed Messenger Mu'adh ibn Jabal Murad III Muslim Ottoman Pasha peace and blessings prayer Privy Chamber Prophet Prophet Muhammad Prophet's tomb Qur'an Ramadan reign Sacred Footprint Sacred Relics Sacred Sandal scabbard Sheikh silver staff Sultan Selim Sword of Uthman Tarihi Topkapi Palace Museum Treasury Umar ibn al-Khattab Uqab Üsküdar Uthman ibn Affan Uways zamzam الا الابواب الحمد الصمد لم يلد الله احد الله الله الصمد لم الملك ان او این با به على عليه قل هو الله که لا لم يلد ولم ما محمد هو الله احد ولا ولم يكن له يا يلد ولم يولد يولد ولم يكن