Author
Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju Shirazi
Publication Date
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal)
Publication Place
India (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts, India, Nepal, and Tibet
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
H: 13 9/16 x W: 8 7/8 in. (34.5 x 22.5 cm); Image H: 9 1/4 x W: 5 3/16 in. (23.5 x 13.2 cm); Framed H: 20 1/8 × W: 15 3/16 × D: 1 1/4 in. (51.12 × 38.58 × 3.18 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.684
Library Location
Not on view
Date
late 10th century AH/AD 16th century (Mughal)
Notes
These two Mughal paintings (Walters manuscript W.684) are originally from a copy of the Akbarnamah, the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (reigned 964-1015 AH/AD 1556-1605), written by Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak (died 1011 AH/AD 1602). The manuscript from which the two paintings derive is divided largely between the British Library (Or. MS 2988) and the Chester Beatty Library (Ms. 3). This illustrated historical manuscript has been dated between the late 10th century AH/AD 16th to the initial years of the 11th century AH/AD 17th. The two Walters paintings are pasted over the central text panel of a page from Farhang-i Jahangiri, an imperial Persian language dictionary by Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju Shirazi (died 1035 AH/AD 1625-1626). This was done in the early 20th century by the French dealer Demotte.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Elephants. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
1987-1988
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
