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Description: The Youthful Akbar Presenting a Picture to his Father Humayun

TitleThe Youthful Akbar Presenting a Picture to his Father Humayun

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1557–1560

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsUnknown

Dimensions9 x 5 1/2 in. (23 x 14 cm)

LocationGulistan Palace Library, Teheran, Iran

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsIslamic illumination of books and manuscriptsArt, Mogul EmpireMiniature painting, Mogul Empire

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19. The Arts in India under the Mughals and their Contemporaries in the Deccan

Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom

The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250–1800

The luxury arts produced in Muslim India from the sixteenth century through the eighteenth were largely for secular use, and most of the finest pieces were...

Author

Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.287-302

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00124.023

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-15678&redirecttoanchor=18880

Chapter subject tags:Art, Mogul EmpireIslamic illumination of books and manuscriptsMiniature painting, Mogul EmpireIslamic decorative artsIslamic decoration and ornament

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The Construction of Fathepur Sikri

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameTulsi Kalan

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1586–1587

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

Dimensions14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (37.5 x 24.2 cm)

LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9536/painting-tulsi/

Accession numberIS.2:86-1896

The Construction of Fathepur Sikri

Description: A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman who is Crawling towards his...

A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman who is Crawling towards his Icon, detached from Khusraw Dihlavi, Khansa, Lahore

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1597–1598

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Margins: Gold on dyed paper

Dimensions9 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (25.1 x 15.9 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446563

Accession number13.228.29

A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in...

A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman who is Crawling towards his Icon, detached from Khusraw Dihlavi, Khansa, Lahore

Description: Abu'l-Fazl Presenting the First Book of the Akbarnama to Akbar from the second...

Abu'l-Fazl Presenting the First Book of the Akbarnama to Akbar from the second Akbarnāma

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1596–1597

Object typeBook/Manuscript

Dimensions9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (24 x 13.5 cm)

LocationChester Beatty Library, Dublin

Accession numberMS. 3, f. 177r

Abu'l-Fazl Presenting the First Book of...

Abu'l-Fazl Presenting the First Book of the Akbarnama to Akbar from the second Akbarnāma

Amr Disguised as a Doctor Treating Sorcerers in a Courtyard from the Hamzanāma

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1557–1572

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on cotton, mounted on paper

Dimensions26 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. (67 x 51 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art, New York

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/23165

Accession number24.49

Amr Disguised as a Doctor Treating...

Amr Disguised as a Doctor Treating Sorcerers in a Courtyard from the Hamzanāma

Hafiz and the Beauty from Hafiz, Dīvān, Kashmir, f. 108r

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1796–1797

Object typeBook/Manuscript

Dimensions2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm)

LocationSaltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library, St. Petersburg, Russia

Accession numberMS. 386

Hafiz and the Beauty from Hafiz,...

Hafiz and the Beauty from Hafiz, Dīvān, Kashmir, f. 108r

Rama and Lakshman Flight the Demoness Taraka from a Rāmāyana

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameMushfiq

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1597–1605

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, in modern bindings

Dimensions10 13/16 x 6 in. (27.5 x 15.2 cm)

LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=fsg_F1907.271.1-172

Accession numberF1907.271.1-172, f. 35v

Rama and Lakshman Flight the Demoness...

Rama and Lakshman Flight the Demoness Taraka from a Rāmāyana

Qur'an page

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 01

Creator roleAuthor/Writer

Creation dateAD 800–900

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk, color and gold on parchment

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (23.9 x 33.6 cm)

LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

https://www.freersackler.si.edu/object/F1930.60/

Accession numberF1930.60

Qur'an page

The Wedding of Humay and Humayun

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureJalayirid

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1396

Object typePainting

Dimensions12 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (32 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_18113&index=0

Accession numberMS. Add. 18113, f. 45v

The Wedding of Humay and Humayun

Page for an album made for Jahanghir

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleCalligrapher

Creation date1608–1618

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsOpaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

Dimensions10 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (26.8 x 15.8 cm)

LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=fsg_F1954.116

Accession numberF1954.116

Page for an album made for Jahanghir

Description: Jahangir Bids Farewell to Khurram at the Beginning of a Military Campaign from a...

Jahangir Bids Farewell to Khurram at the Beginning of a Military Campaign from a Pādshānāma

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nameBalchand

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1656–1657

Object typePainting

LocationRoyal Library, Windsor, England

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/1005025-f/jahangir-receives-prince-khurram-on-his-return-from-the-mewar-campaign-19

Accession numberRCIN 1005025.f, f. 43v

Jahangir Bids Farewell to Khurram at the...

Jahangir Bids Farewell to Khurram at the Beginning of a Military Campaign from a Pādshānāma

Description: Timur Granting an Audience at Balkh on the Occasion of his Accession to Power in...

Timur Granting an Audience at Balkh on the Occasion of his Accession to Power in 1370, from a dispersed "Ẓafarnāma," Shiraz

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureTimurid

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1436

Object typeBook/Manuscript

DimensionsEach page 13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (35 x 24.5 cm)

LocationSackler Gallery, Washington, D.C.

http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=fsg_S1986.133.1 and http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=22095

Accession numberS1986.133.1; S1986.133.2

Timur Granting an Audience at Balkh on...

Timur Granting an Audience at Balkh on the Occasion of his Accession to Power in 1370, from a dispersed "Ẓafarnāma," Shiraz

Description: Maymun the Patriotic Monkey Luring the Bears to their Fate from Kashifi,...

Maymun the Patriotic Monkey Luring the Bears to their Fate from Kashifi, Anvār-i Suhaylī

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1570

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSchool of Oriental and African Studies, London

Accession numberMS. 10102, f. 181v

Maymun the Patriotic Monkey Luring the...

Maymun the Patriotic Monkey Luring the Bears to their Fate from Kashifi, Anvār-i Suhaylī

Shahjahan Holding a Jewel, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1645

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsOpaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper

Dimensions14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.83 x 25.4 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

http://collections.lacma.org/node/239300

Accession numberM.78.9.15, f. 23v

Shahjahan Holding a Jewel, from the Late...

Shahjahan Holding a Jewel, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Description: Illuminated diagram of rule from a "Naṣā'iḥ-i...

Illuminated diagram of rule from a "Naṣā'iḥ-i Iskandar" (Counsels of Alexander)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 29

Creator nationality/cultureTimurid

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1425

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsInk, opaque pigment, and paper

Dimensions19.6 x 10.5 cm, folio

LocationChester Beatty Library, Dublin

Accession numberAr.4183, fol. 12a

Illuminated diagram of rule from a...

Illuminated diagram of rule from a "Naṣā'iḥ-i Iskandar" (Counsels of Alexander)

Model of a house on a platform

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 in. (35.2 x 28.6 x 17.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/120440

Accession number1991.479

Model of a house on a platform

Pastoral Scene, from Sultan Ahmad Jalayir, Dīwān, Baghdad

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureJalayirid

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1403

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk, color, and gold on paper

Dimensions11 5/8 x 8 1/16 in. (29.5 x 20.4 cm)

LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=fsg_F1932.30

Accession numberF1932.30

Pastoral Scene, from Sultan Ahmad...

Pastoral Scene, from Sultan Ahmad Jalayir, Dīwān, Baghdad

Demon in Chains, Transoxiana

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureTimurid

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1400–1430

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsOpaque watercolor and gold on paper

DimensionsImage: 10 1/16 x 13 1/2 in. (25.4 x 33.7 cm); Overall: 10 5/8 x 13 13/16 in. (27 x 35.2 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1982.63

Accession number1982.63

Demon in Chains, Transoxiana

Mahmud of Ghazni receiving Indian elephants as tribute

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator nationality/culturePersian

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1425

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and watercolor with touches of gold metallic paint on paper

Dimensions43 x 33.7 cm

LocationWorcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts

https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/11449/an-indian-embassy-before-sultan-mahmud-of-ghanzna-from-the

Accession number1935.2

Mahmud of Ghazni receiving Indian...

Mahmud of Ghazni receiving Indian elephants as tribute

Description: Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion, detached from an unfinished copy of...

Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion, detached from an unfinished copy of the Shāhnāma

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureSafavid

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1515–1522

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsPaper

Dimensions12 1/2 x 31 3/4 in. (31.8 x 20.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=231523&partId=1&searchText=rustam&page=1

Accession number1948,1211,0.23, f. 6v

Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the...

Rustam Sleeping While Rakhsh Fights the Lion, detached from an unfinished copy of the Shāhnāma

Double page from a manuscript of the Koran, Lahore

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureMughal

Creator roleCalligrapher

Creation date1573–1474

Object typeBook/Manuscript

DimensionsEach page 13 x 8 5/8 in. (33 x 22 cm)

LocationBritish Library, London

http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-002029021

Accession numberMS. Add. 18497, ff. 188v–189r

Double page from a manuscript of the...

Double page from a manuscript of the Koran, Lahore

Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II in a Fantastic Landscape, Bijapur

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 22

Creator nationality/cultureDeccani

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1610

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk, opaque watercolour and gold on paper

Dimensions6 5/8 x 4 in. (17 x 10.2 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=231582&partId=1&searchText=sultan+ibrahim+adil&page=1

Accession number1937,0410,0.2

Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II in a...

Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah II in a Fantastic Landscape, Bijapur

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