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Akbar's forces ride out to defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Title	Akbar's forces ride out to defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
Author	Agra
Publication Date:	1603-1605
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	431 mm x 264 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	In 03.187
Library Location	Indian collection
Date	1603-1605
Notes	Akbar's forces defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, 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 Sur Das, 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

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Akbar's forces ride out to defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Author Agra

Publication Date 1603-1605

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 431 mm x 264 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID In 03.187

Library Location Indian collection

Date 1603-1605

Notes Akbar's forces defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, 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 Sur Das, 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