Akbar's forces defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl.
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Description
- Object no.:
- In 03.188
- Object name:
- Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
- Title:
- Akbar's forces defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl.
- Artist and production place:
- Sur Das
Agra
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Indian collection
- Production date:
- 1603-1605
- Dimensions:
- 432 mm x 270 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Persian (language)
- Script type:
- Nasta'liq script
- Description:
- Akbar's forces defeat Muhammad Husayn Mirza in 1573, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian text with full-page painting (recto), 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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