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Or 12988
- Record Id:
- 032-002800254
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002800254
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023517169.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12988
- Title:
- Abū'l-Faẓl ibn Mubārak, Akbarnāmah
- Scope & Content:
- Volume 1 of Abū'l-Faẓl's account of the reign of Akbar describing his Timurid ancestry and the history of his grandfather Babur (1483-1530) and father Humayun (1508-56). Since a dated note on f.134v cannot be read with any certainty, a date of 1602-3 is posited on stylistic grounds. The second volume and part of the third (covering the years up to 1579) of the same manuscript are in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Indian MS 3). This manuscript includes 39 of the original 50 paintings by attributed artists of the royal studio. The margins of the opening have been decorated and illustrated in Jahangir's reign
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002800254
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002800254
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 163 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_12988 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1602
- End Date:
- 1603
- Date Range:
- 1602-1603
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper
Dimensions: 413 x 284 mm leaf [223 x 125 mm written]
Script: Nastaʻliq, 22 lines per page
Decoration: 39 paintings by attributed artists; illuminated heading (f. 1v); margins of opening (ff. 1v-2r) illustrated and decorated in Jahangir's reign; ff 55v-56r also decorated in the margins with gold flowers.
Binding: Painted and lacquered Qajar binding signed ʻAbd Allāh dated 1249 (1833-34)
Condition: Remargined throughout
- Custodial History:
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A note on the flyleaf (now covered) by Jahangir records that this copy [ie. its refurbishment?] was completed on 14 [Bahman] Ilāhī Regnal Year 13 or I7 Safar 1028 (3 Feb 1619). Another note by Shah Jahan records that it entered his library on the date of his accession on 25 Bahman Ilāhī = 8 Jum. II 1037 (14 Feb 1628)
Rebound in Persia in 1249 (1833-34)
Owned by the French dealer Demotte in the early 20th century
Owned in 1912 by the London bookseller Bernard Quaritch
- Publications:
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Norah M. Titley, Miniatures from Persian Manuscripts: a Catalogue and Subject Index of Paintings from Persia, India and Turkey in the British Library and the British Museum (London, 1977), no 11, pp. 4-5
G. M. Meredith-Owens, Handlist of Persian Manuscripts [Acquired by the British Museum] 1895-1966. London, 1968, p. 19
Jeremiah P. Losty and Malini Roy, Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire: Manuscripts and Paintings in the British Library. London, 2012, pp. 58-70; 92-3
J. P. Losty, The Art of the Book in India. London, 1982, nos. 70-1, pp. 93-4
Linda York Leach, Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library. London, 1995, vol 1, pp. 232-300
- Exhibitions:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British Library, 9 November 2012 - 2 April 2013
Traces of the Poet, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 8 November 2015 - 31 January 2016 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Exhibited: Traces of the Poet, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 8 November 2015 - 31 January 2016