I`timad Khan bows in submission to Akbar, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
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Object Information
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- Object no.:
- In 03.157
- Object name:
- Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
- Title:
- I`timad Khan bows in submission to Akbar, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
- Artist and production place:
- Sur Das
Agra
- Calligrapher and production place:
- Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam
Agra
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Indian collection
- Production date:
- 1603-1605
- Dimensions:
- 435 mm x 266 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Persian (language)
- Script type:
- Nasta'liq script
- Description:
- I`timad Khan bows in submission to Akbar, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, full-page painting, half of double-page composition inscribed to Sur Das, 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.
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