Author
Agra
Publication Date
1603-1605
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
431 mm x 261 mm (height x width)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
In 03.176
Library Location
Indian collection
Date
1603-1605
Notes
Abu'l-Fazl presents Akbar with the second volume of the emperor's biography, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian text with full-page painting (verso), half of double-page composition inscribed to Govardhan, Agra, India, c. 1603-1605. This is one of fifty-eight folios now detached from its codex (Chester Beatty In 03). Extensively illustrated, these form volume two and part of volume three of the biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), composed by his court historian and minister Abu’l-Fazl `Allami.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script
