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Akbar's conquest of Chitor fort in 1568, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl.
Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian text with full-page tinted drawing (nim qalam) (verso), half of double-page composition inscribed to Ahmad, Agra, India, c. 1603-1605.
This is one of fifty-eight folios now detached from its codex (Chester Beatty In 03). Extensively illustrated, these form volume two and part of volume three of the biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), composed by his court historian and minister Abu’l-Fazl `Allami.
Akbar's conquest of Chitor fort in 1568, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
In 03.133
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Indian collection
Persian (language)
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Approved Place 2018/Asia/South Asia/India
Approved Place 2018/Asia/South Asia/India/Agra
Approved Place 2018/Asia/South Asia/India/Agra
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Nasta'liq script
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435 mm x 266 mm (height x width)
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Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam
Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam
Agra
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