Akbar appoints Muzaffar Khan as governor of Bengal, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
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Object Information
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- Object no.:
- In 03.268
- Object name:
- Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
- Title:
- Akbar appoints Muzaffar Khan as governor of Bengal, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl
- Artist and production place:
- `Inayat Khanazad
Agra
- Calligrapher and production place:
- Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam
Agra
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Indian collection
- Production date:
- 1603-1605
- Dimensions:
- 434 mm x 267 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Paper (material) Pigment (material) Ink (material) Gold
- Language:
- Persian (language)
- Script type:
- Nasta'liq script
- Description:
- Akbar appoints Muzaffar Khan as governor of Bengal, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, full-page tinted drawing (nim qalam), half of double-page composition inscribed to `Inayat, 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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