Main Title: Ahmad ibn Khalid before Yahya Barmaki | Image Title: Full view of folio; Sotheby's Lot 97, July 1, 1969 14897473

Title	Main Title: Ahmad ibn Khalid before Yahya Barmaki \| Image Title: Full view of folio; Sotheby's Lot 97, July 1, 1969 14897473
Publication Date:	1595 \| 1600 \| circa 1595-1600
Publication Place	- Harvard University Library
Subject	miniatures (paintings) \| illuminations \| kings and rulers \| palaces \| courtiers \| histories \| fountains \| courtyards \| more \| less
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	height 21.6 cm ; width 11.1 cm
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	8001352652_URN-3:FHCL:27031278
Record ID	harvard_scw-3998
Library Location	Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date	1595 \| 1600 \| circa 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) \| 16 illustrated leaves from this manuscript were sold by Sotheby's in London, 1st July 1969, lots 83-98 (including this miniature). Two others were in the Warren Hastings Album (subsequently Phillipps MS.14170) sold 26th November, 1968 lots 376 and 377. Two illustrated leaves were sold by Sotheby's in New York 15-16 April 1985, lot 445, and 21-22 March 1990, lot 8, the latter formerly in the collection of Ed. Binney, 3rd. Leaves from this manuscript are found in the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan as published in Welch and Welch, 1982 and Canby 1998. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 28 April 2004, Lot 55) \| Culture: Islamic, Persian \| Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paper \| Note: Provenance: A number of illustrated leaves from this manuscript are thought to have been brought to Britain by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792). \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

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Main Title: Ahmad ibn Khalid before Yahya Barmaki | Image Title: Full view of folio; Sotheby's Lot 97, July 1, 1969 14897473

Publication Date 1595 | 1600 | circa 1595-1600

Publication Place - Harvard University Library

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions height 21.6 cm ; width 11.1 cm

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID 8001352652_URN-3:FHCL:27031278

Record ID harvard_scw-3998

Library Location Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Date 1595 | 1600 | circa 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) | 16 illustrated leaves from this manuscript were sold by Sotheby's in London, 1st July 1969, lots 83-98 (including this miniature). Two others were in the Warren Hastings Album (subsequently Phillipps MS.14170) sold 26th November, 1968 lots 376 and 377. Two illustrated leaves were sold by Sotheby's in New York 15-16 April 1985, lot 445, and 21-22 March 1990, lot 8, the latter formerly in the collection of Ed. Binney, 3rd. Leaves from this manuscript are found in the collection of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan as published in Welch and Welch, 1982 and Canby 1998. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 28 April 2004, Lot 55) | Culture: Islamic, Persian | Materials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paper | Note: Provenance: A number of illustrated leaves from this manuscript are thought to have been brought to Britain by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718-1792). | more | less

Parçası Olduğu Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection