Author
Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak, d. 1602/1011 AH, Indian (Author)
Publication Date
1603 | 1605 | circa 1603-1605
Publication Place
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Harvard University Library
Subject
miniatures (paintings) | illuminations | calligraphy | kings and rulers | history | courts (social groups) | battles | campaigns | histories | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
height 43 cm ; width 26 cm (folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
W411827_URN-3:FHCL:27030986
Record ID
harvard_scw-10876
Library Location
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Date
1603 | 1605 | circa 1603-1605
Notes
Partially dispersed manuscript of the Akbarnama, the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 964-1015 AH / 1556-1605 CE). The manuscript is divided largely between the British Library (Or. MS 2988) and the Chester Beatty Library (Ms. 3). The Chester Beatty portion contains 268 folios, with 61 miniatures. During Chester Beatty's lifetime, 58 of the miniatures were removed and separately mounted; only 3 have been left in the text. Seven extracted leaves belonging to this Akbarnama, which were purchased on various later occasions, are separately stored by the library. For more information, see Linda York Leach, 1995. | The volume was rebound in the eighteenth century with leather covers that have central tooled scenes showing deer, lions, cranes and other animals in a landscape; a signature in a cartouche (lower inside front cover) indicates that the binder was Muhammad Zaman 'Abbasi. | Culture: Islamic | Materials/Techniques: ink on paper, gold on paper, opaque watercolor, paper | Note: Provenance: The volume was dispersed in the West by the early twentieth century French dealer Demotte who presumably obtained it in Persia. Sir Chester Beatty's portion of the manuscript was purchased from Quaritch in 1923. | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
