Main Title: Majma' al-tawarikh (Chester Beatty, Per 105)
Image Title: Sultan Mahmud giving audience during his last illness (105.4a) 20331949

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Title:
Main Title: Majma' al-tawarikh (Chester Beatty, Per 105)
Image Title: Sultan Mahmud giving audience during his last illness (105.4a) 20331949
Alternative title:
Majma al-tavarikh
Creator:
Hafiz-i Abru, d. 1430/833 AH (Author)
Date:
1425
ca. 1425
Description:
Dispersed manuscript; previously thought to be Rashid al-Din’s Jamiʿ al-Tawarikh; est. 407 folios with 150 illustrations (Martinovitch); naskh scriptCulture: Persian, IslamicMaterials/Techniques: gold, watercolor, ink, silver, paperNote: Bibliography: Ghiasian, Mohamad Reza. "The “Historical Style” of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majmaʿ al-Tawarikh." Iranian Studies, 2014.
Type:
still image
manuscripts
paintings
Type (Narrower):
Manuscripts
Paintings
Type (Broader):
Text
Image
Subject:
miniatures (paintings)
painted manuscripts
Islamic art
histories
Geographic region:
Place of Production: Herāt, Herāt, Afghanistan
Provenance:
Shah Rukh Mirza, r. 1405-1447/807-850 AH, Iranian (Patron)
Extent:
43 x 34 cm (page); 33.5 x 22.7 cm (text)
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001352636_URN-3:FHCL:32605677
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
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