Introduction

Preface

The Collection of the Sacred Relics At Topkapi Palace

Sultan Selim I's Egyptian Campaign

Historical Accounts of the Collection of the Sacred Relics

Ground Plan of the Pavilion of the Sacred Relics

Apartments of the Holy Mantle: Pavilion of the Sacred Relics

Pavilion of the Sacred Relics

Fountain Hall

The Privy Chamber (Has Oda)

Handkerchief Room

Audience Hall

Treasury of the Relics

A Ramadan Visit to the Holy Mantle

Qur'an Recitation in the Apartments of the Holy Mantle

Farewell to Sultan Abdulhamid

The Sacred Relics

The Holy Mantle

The Honored Standard

The Prophet's Sacred Keepsake: Uqab

The Standard Leaves with Ceremony

The Honored Standard Used against the Rebels

First Manuscripts of Qur'anic Verses

The QurÆan that Belonged to æUthman ibn æAffan

The Letter which Prophet Muhammad Sent to Muqawqis, the Leader of the Coptic

People

The Letter which Prophet Muhammad Sent to Al-Munzir ibn Sawa, the Governor of Al-Ahsa

The Letter which Prophet Muhammad Sent to Musaylima the Liar

The Letter which Prophet Muhammad Sent to Harith bin Abu Samir Al-Ghassani

The Sacred Seal. The Sacred Strands of Hair from the Beard of Prophet Muhammad

The Prophet's Footprint

The Sacred Sandals

The Representations of the Sacred Footprint

The Honored Bowl

The Bow of the Prophet

The Stone of Tayammum

The Holy Tooth

The Water Used by the Prophet for Major Ablution (Ghusl)

The Staff of Prophet Muhammad

The Rod of Prophet Moses

The Cooking Vessel of Prophet Abraham

The Turban of Prophet Joseph

The Prophet John's (John the Baptist) Forearm and a Fragment of His Skull

The Keys and Locks of the Kaæba

The Golden Reliquary of al-Hajar al-Aswad

The Wing of the Door of Repentance

The Rain Gutters of the KaÆba

Blessings Through Renovation

The Covers of the Kaæba and of the Prophet's Tomb

The Curtain over the Door of the Kaæba

Soil from Prophet Muhammad's Grave

Blessed Pieces of Soil

Fans Made from the Date Palms in the Prophet's Mosque

The Wheat Offered at the Tomb of the Prophet

Jugs of Zamzam Water

The Scale Model of the Prophet's Mosque

The Scale Model of the Dome of the Rock

Destimal (handkerchief)

The Blouse of Fatima al-Zahra

The Mantle of Fatima al-Zahra

The Prayer Rug of Fatima al-Zahra. The Bridal Veil of Fatima al-Zahra

The Box of Fatima al-Zahra

The Robe of the Blessed Martyr Husayn ibn æAli

A Piece of a Mantle Attributed to Husayn ibn æAli

A Piece of Earth from Karbala

The Mantle of Imam Abu Hanifa

The Bowls of Jalal al-Din al-Rumi

The Piece of Earth from the Tomb of Ahmad al-Rufai

The Shoe of Aziz Mahmud Hudai

Dervish Caps

Works of Caligraphy

Hilya al-Saadat Made of Gold

Talismans and invocations (wafq)

The Sacred Relics Brought to Istanbul During World War I

Books

The Petition of Sultan Abdulaziz

The Sacred Swords

Sword of Prophet Muhammad

Sword of Prophet David

Text of the Inscription Accompanying the Sword of Prophet David

Sword of Abu Bakr Siddiq

Sword of æUmar ibn al-Khattab Sword of æUthman ibn æAffan

Sword of Ali ibn Abu Talib

Sword of AbuÆl Hasan

Sword of æAmmar ibn Yasir sword of Jaæfar al-Tayyar sword of Khalid ibn Walid (1) sword of Khalid ibn Walid (2) sword of Khalid ibn Walid (3) sword of Khalid ibn Walid (4) sword of Zayn al-Abidin sword of Zubayr ibn Awwam sword of a Companion (1) sword of a Companion (2)

Swords of the Companions in the Weapons Section 321 sword of Uthman ibn Affan sword of Muadh ibn Jabal sword of Sa's ibn Ubayda sword of Dhirar ibn Azwar