South Sinai, Egypt
Coordinates: 28.555993, 33.976031
The Ashtiname of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, also known as the Covenant or Testament of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, is a document which is a charter or writ written by Hz. Ali and ratified by Hz. Prophet Muhammad ﷺ granting protection and other privileges to the followers of Hz. Isa عليه اسلام, given to the Christian monks of Saint Catherine’s Monastery.
It is sealed with an imprint representing Hz. Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ hand.
Name of Meaning
Ashtinameh is a Persian word meaning “Book of Peace”, a Persian term for a treaty and covenant.
Document
The copy now in the monastery is a copy of the certified copy given to them by the Sultan after he took the original in 1517 (supposedly for safe keeping at his palace in Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul).
This charter of privileges has been honored and faithfully applied by Muslims throughout the centuries in all lands they ruled.
