Publication Date
1595 | 1600 | ca. 1595-1600
Publication Place
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Harvard University Library
Subject
miniatures (paintings) | kings and rulers | palaces | courtiers | histories | goats | courtyards | Islamic art | more | less
Type
belge
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
23.5 x 14.8 cm
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
8001352650_URN-3:FHCL:27031284
Record ID
harvard_scw-3995
Library Location
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date
1595 | 1600 | ca. 1595-1600
Notes
This miniature is one of a series dating from a late sixteenth-century Mughal manuscript entitled Akhbar-i Barmakiyan, a work believed to have been written in the 10th/11th centuries A.D. and translated from Arabic into Persian by the fourteenth-century translator Ziya ud-Din Barani. The work concerns the history of the Barmakid dynasty, and chronicles "the generosity and clerical efficacy" of a family that rose to considerable power during the early years of the Abbasid Caliphate. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 28 April 2004, Lot 55) | A 10th-11th cent. history of an early Abbasid dynasty, the Barmakid, translated from Arabic into Persian by the 14th cent. translator Ziya ud-Din Barani. A total of 16 illustrations from the manuscript sold by Sotheby's. Other illustrations: the Warren Hastings Album (subs. Phillipps MS.14170); the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan as published in Welch and Welch, 1982 and Canby 1998. ; Subject: Ishaq on hearing of the approach of Yahya runs to meet him and receives him in his house with great hospitality. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 1 July 1969, Lot 85) | Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: gold, paper | Note: Provenance: Sotheby's Lot 85, July 1, 1969 | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
