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"Bilal Calling to Prayer While Prophet Muhammad and Ali are Visited by Emissaries," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

"Bilal Calling to Prayer While Prophet Muhammad and Ali are Visited by Emissaries," Folio from a Hamla-yi Haidari

Muhammad Rafi Khan

Date
ca.1820
Medium
Translucent and opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H. 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm) W. 11 1/3 in. (28.8 cm)
Object type
Illustrated manuscript, folio
Classification
Codices
Country
India
Object number
2015.577
Credit line
Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2015
Original Met record

Artist information

Indian, Delhi, died 1711

The Met object ID 688240. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.