Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069)
Image Title: Detail view of folio 30 (9069/6); A Lion's Court, by Farrukh Chela 14899544
- Holding institution:
- Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
- Data provider:
- Harvard University Library
- Title:
- Main Title: Anwar-i Suhaili (Banares BKB 9069)
Image Title: Detail view of folio 30 (9069/6); A Lion's Court, by Farrukh Chela 14899544 - Alternative title:
- Kalila wa Dimna
Panchatantra
Anvar-i Suhaili
Anvar-e Soheyli
Anwar-e-Suhaili
Iyar-i Danish - Creator:
- Hosein Vâ'ez Kâshefi, Iranian, Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak, d. 1602/1011 AH, Indian (Author)
Farrukh Khurd Chela, Indian, Basawan, fl. ca. 1556-1600, Indian, Manohar, fl. 1580-1620, Indian, Madho Singh, Reign dates: 1631-48, Indian, Miskin, fl. ca. 16th c., Indian, Mukund Singh, Reign dates: 1648-58, Indian (Painter) - Date:
- 1595
1597
ca. 1595-1597 - Description:
- Located at the Banaras Hindu University; 239 folios and 25 miniatures with separate numbering (9069/3 to 9069/27). There is a double-page Persian painting of the Reza Abbasi school (17th c.), which does not form a part of the volume; accessioned separately as 9096/1 and 9096/2.The manuscript was first identified as the Anwar-i Suhaili before it was clarified as being the Iyar-i-Danish, an abridged version of the Anwar-i Suhaili commissioned by Akbar and completed in 1588 (see Krishnadasa, 1999).Culture: Islamic, IndianMaterials/Techniques: opaque watercolor, ink, paper
- Type:
- still image
manuscripts
paintings - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
Paintings - Type (Broader):
- Text
Image - Subject:
- miniatures (paintings)
painted manuscripts
fables
folklore
Islamic art
borders (ornamental areas)
animals - Geographic region:
- Place of Production: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
- Extent:
- 29.5 cm x 19.4 cm (folios)
- Rights:
- (CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
- Identifier:
- W251359_URN-3:FHCL:27031600
- Is part of:
- Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection