Iskandar in the Land of Darkness, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi

Name: Iskandar in the Land of Darkness, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi
Author: Mu‘in Musavvir

İsim	Iskandar in the Land of Darkness, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi
Yazar	Mu‘in Musavvir
Basım Tarihi:	1655
Tür	Resim
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Pompeu Fabra Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	cdi_europeana_collections_1100_1870
Lokasyon	Available Online
Tarih	1655
Örnek Metin	Iskandar in the Land of Gloom, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. One of the kings in Firdausi’s epic Book of Kings is Iskandar, or the historic Alexander III of Macedon (died 323 BC). He is known in European tradition as Alexander the Great. Firdausi tells the stories of Iskandar’s many military conquests, but this scene shows a more spiritual adventure. Iskandar rides with his companions to the west, looking for the Water of Life that will make him immortal. His group includes a man in a tall white turban that is Ottoman in fashion: the Isfahan-based painter has placed him as a marker for all regions west of Safavid Iran. Iskandar’s guide through the Land of Darkness is Khidr, who is a saintly figure in Islam. Travelling through the dark, Iskandar and his entourage lose sight of Khidr, and so the world conqueror misses the miraculous water source. This is one of ten folios detached from its codex (also in the Chester Beatty collection, Per 270, dated 1066H (1655) on fol. 223r), the second volume in a two-volume set of this text, illustrated by the Isfahan painter Mu`in Musavvir. Volume one is in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (Ms22): its colophon is dated Jumada II 1064H (April 1654), with four of its paintings dated 1065H or 1067H (1654-1657). All fifty-five paintings are by Mu`in Musavvir. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto) and framed rubric ("Iskandar takes the route to Gog and Magog" in white, on verso), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Abū al-Qāsim Firdausī (d. 1022), (codex CB Per 270), painting signed Mu'īn Muṣavvir (“az tawfīq sāni` raqam zad Mu`īn”, lower margin) , Isfahan, Iran, 1655
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Iskandar in the Land of Darkness, from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Firdausi

Yazar Mu‘in Musavvir

Basım Tarihi 1655

Tür Resim

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Pompeu Fabra Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası cdi_europeana_collections_1100_1870

Lokasyon Available Online

Tarih 1655

Örnek Metin Iskandar in the Land of Gloom, from the Book of Kings (Shahnama) by Firdausi. One of the kings in Firdausi’s epic Book of Kings is Iskandar, or the historic Alexander III of Macedon (died 323 BC). He is known in European tradition as Alexander the Great. Firdausi tells the stories of Iskandar’s many military conquests, but this scene shows a more spiritual adventure. Iskandar rides with his companions to the west, looking for the Water of Life that will make him immortal. His group includes a man in a tall white turban that is Ottoman in fashion: the Isfahan-based painter has placed him as a marker for all regions west of Safavid Iran. Iskandar’s guide through the Land of Darkness is Khidr, who is a saintly figure in Islam. Travelling through the dark, Iskandar and his entourage lose sight of Khidr, and so the world conqueror misses the miraculous water source. This is one of ten folios detached from its codex (also in the Chester Beatty collection, Per 270, dated 1066H (1655) on fol. 223r), the second volume in a two-volume set of this text, illustrated by the Isfahan painter Mu`in Musavvir. Volume one is in the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (Ms22): its colophon is dated Jumada II 1064H (April 1654), with four of its paintings dated 1065H or 1067H (1654-1657). All fifty-five paintings are by Mu`in Musavvir. Folio, ink, colours and gold on paper, Persian text in nasta`liq script, with painting (on recto) and framed rubric ("Iskandar takes the route to Gog and Magog" in white, on verso), from the Book of Kings (Shāhnāma) by Abū al-Qāsim Firdausī (d. 1022), (codex CB Per 270), painting signed Mu'īn Muṣavvir (“az tawfīq sāni` raqam zad Mu`īn”, lower margin) , Isfahan, Iran, 1655

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