Islam's sacred places

In the middle: The prophet Muhammad's mausoleum in Medina; up to the right: Ali's mausoleum in Najaf; down to the right: Hasan's grave in the Baqi' cemetery in Medina; up to the left: Fatima's mausoleum [she was according to tradition buried in an unmarked grave in the Baqi' cemetery in Medina]; down to the left: Husain's mausoleum in Karbala. Original: 23,3x16,4cm, purchased in Jerusalem, The Old City 25.06.99, Siv-Ellen Kraft. Islam's three most sacred places: The sacred mosque in Mekka, The Prophet's mosque in Medina and Al-Aqsa mosque and The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. For a detailed discussion of this picture, see "Islams tre heilagstader" (only in Norwegian). Original: 36x25 cm, printed in Cairo. Purchased in Zaqaziq, Egypt October / November 1980 by Richard J. Natvig.