Main Title: A Barmecide, probably Yahya Barmaki, in prison
Image Title: Full view of folio; Sotheby's Lot 93, July 1, 1969 14897477
- العناصر المساهمة:
- مكتبات ومتاحف جامعة هارفارد
- البيانات المساهمة:
- مكتبة جامعة هارفارد
- عنوان:
- Main Title: A Barmecide, probably Yahya Barmaki, in prison
Image Title: Full view of folio; Sotheby's Lot 93, July 1, 1969 14897477 - البديل:
- Page from a manuscript of the Akhbar-i Barmakiyan
Akbar-i Barmikyan
Akhbar-i Barmakyan - تاريخ المصدر:
- 1595
1600
circa 1595-1600 - الوصف:
- 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)According to the text the prisoner turns his face to heaven and confesses to God that he has been a sinner. Presumably this is Yahya Barmaki who is in prison after he has fallen out of favour with the caliph. (from Sotheby's catalog entry, 1 July 1969, Lot 93)Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, gold, ink, paperNote: 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).
- نوع المصدر:
- still image
manuscripts - النوع (Raw):
- المخطوطات
- (EDM) النوع:
- نص
- الموضوع:
- miniatures (paintings)
illuminations
kings and rulers
palaces
courtiers
histories
prisoners - المدى الزمني:
- height 22.5 cm ; width 11.7 cm
- حقوق معيار دبلن كور:
- (CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
- المُعرِّف:
- 8001352649_URN-3:FHCL:27031286
- جزء من:
- Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection