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Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto)
1425–50
(1370–1501)
Image: 11 x 25.7 cm (4 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Text area: 22.6 x 22.8 cm (8 7/8 x 9 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1931.452.a
Location: not on view
Description
These two pages are from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The Majma' al-Tawarikh traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament until the reign of Shah Rukh.- ?-1931(Parish-Watson & Co., Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1931-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 719 archive.org
- Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 7, 2017-October 29, 2018).Parish-Watson, Exhibition of Art Through the Ages and Persian Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 31, 1931).Exhibition of Mohammedan Decorative Arts. Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 21-November 23, 1930). no. 28. [Lent by Parish-Watson and Co., NY]International Exhibition of Persian Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October-December 1926).
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