Hajj highlights ks2-5

Editor's Notes

1. {"16":"Egyptian popular print from The Cairo Punch, no. 62, ‘Third Year’. Early 20th century.\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n","5":"Cover for a mahmal or ceremonial palanquin made of red silk, with green and dark cream silk appliqués, embroidered\nwith silver and silver-gilt wire. About 1867–1876. Cairo, Egypt.\n© Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. (Khalili Family Trust).\n","11":"Section of a Chart of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Opaque watercolour and ink on paper. About 1835. Gujarat, India.\n© Royal Geographical Society.\n","17":"Brass Zamzam water flask. 17th century. Probably Deccan, India.\n© Museum of Islamic Art Malaysia.\n","6":"Maqamat al-Hariri: Abu Zayd on Hajj. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper. Dated AH 634/AD 1237. Iraq.\n© Bibliothèque Nationale de France.\n","12":"Abdulnasser Gharem (b. 1973), Road to Makkah. Ink and industrial lacquer paint on rubber. Stamps on 9mm Indonesian plywood. 2011. Saudi Arabia. \n© Abdulnasser Gharem.\n","18":"Stone pebbles from Muzdalifa, Saudi Arabia, acquired in 2010 (shown with cotton bag).\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n","7":"Ceremonial horse armour made of forged iron or steel, leather, silver-gilt appliqués and semi-precious stones. About 1700–1800. Ottoman Empire.\n© Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. (Khalili Family Trust).\n","13":"Painting of the sanctuary at Mecca, probably from a Hajj certificate. Opaque watercolour, ink, silver and gold on paper. About 1700–1800. Mecca, Saudi Arabia.\n© Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. (Khalili Family Trust).\n","2":"Page from the Qur’an on parchment. About AD 750–800. From Hijaz (present-day Saudi Arabia).\n© The British Library Board.\n","19":"Hausa cap made of cotton, possibly depicting the Prophet Muhammad’s Mosque in Medina. Around 1950–2000. Nigeria.\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n","8":"Hijaz Railway silver commemorative watch. 1908.\nFrom a private collection.\n","14":"Key for the Ka‘ba. Steel inlaid with silver. About AD 1340. Probably made in Mecca. \n© Museum of Islamic Art, Doha.\n","3":"Qibla indicator and sundial made of painted ivory. Dated AH 990/AD 1582, made and signed by Bayram ibn Ilyas. Possibly made in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), Ottoman Turkey.\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n","20":"Souvenirs bought during Hajj in 2010. From Mecca and Medina (Saudi Arabia), and Mali.\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n","9":"Drawing of an old pilgrim. Ink and colours on paper. Late 1500s–early 1600s. Isfahan, Iran.\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n","15":"Curtain for the door of the Ka‘ba. Silver and silver-gilt wire on black silk with red silk appliqués. Dated AH 1263/AD 1847. Cairo, Egypt. \n© Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. (Khalili Family Trust).\n","4":"Toy theatre set made of paper. Early 1800s. Vienna, Austria.\nFrom a private collection.\n","10":"Hajj banknote (10 rupees) made for the collectors’ market. 1950s. Pakistan.\n© The Trustees of the British Museum.\n"}