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A CITY VIEW OF MUZDALIFAH NEAR MECCA Possibly Delhi school, North India, late 19th century? Opaque pigments and black ink on paper, the horizontal composition depicting a city view of Muzdalifah, lying between Mina and Arafat, and its open-roofed mosque known as Al-Mash'ar al-Haram, a tall minaret rising in the middle of the composition in line with the mountain top, a few houses in the surroundings, in the foreground villagers walking to the centre of the city, in the background a tall horizon, the composition set in concentric polychrome floral borders against cobalt blue ground and in the centre against light pink ground, on the lower pink border an Arabic inscription in black ink with a prayer relating to the Hajj pilgrimage and mentioning the city of Muzdalifah, its location and the special prayers and rituals practised there during Hajj, mounted, framed and glazed, 41cm x 35.8cm including mount.Notes: Islamic & Indian Art