Walters Ms. W.684, Two folios from the AkbarnamaAkbarnāmahاكبر نامهFarhang-i Jahāngīrīفرهنڱ جهانڱيرىAbū al-Faẓl ibn Mubārak, 1551-1602Abū al-Faẓl ibn Mubārakابو الفضل بن مبارکJamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Injū Shīrāzīجمال الدين حسين انجو شيرازىAuthor name supplied by catalogerPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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These two Mughal paintings are originally from a copy of the Akbarnāmah, the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 964-1015 AH / 1556-1605 CE), written by Abū al-Faẓl ibn Mubārak (d. 1011 AH / 1602 CE). The manuscript from which the two paintings derive is divided largely between the British Library (Or. MS 2988) and the Chester Beatty Library (Ms. 3). This illustrated historical manuscript has been dated between the late tenth century AH / sixteenth CE to the initial years of the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. The two Walters paintings are pasted over the central text panel of a page from Farhang-i Jahāngīrī, an imperial Persian language dictionary by Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Injū Shīrāzī (d. 1035 AH /1625 or 6 CE). This was done in the early twentieth century by the French dealer Demotte.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.684The primary language in this manuscript is Persian.fols. W.684Aa - W.684BbAkbarnāmahاكبر نامهfols. W.684Aa - W.684BbFarhang-i Jahāngīrīفرهنڱ جهانڱيرىTwo folios only; first lemma: pachvāk (fol. 1b); last lemma: mahland (fol. 2b)Foliation: Not applicable34.522.523.513.0Images: 13.2 cm wide x 23.5 cm highWritten in nastaʿlīq script in black with lemmata in redWritten in small nastaʿlīq script in black with lemmata in redTwo illustrations surrounded by borders richly decorated with human figures, performing various functions, and floral designs, all in goldExecution by elephantIllustrationIlluminated text pageText pageThis illuminated text page comes from Farhang-i Jahāngīrī (a Persian language dictionary) by Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Injū Shīrāzī (d. 1035 AH / 1625 or 6 CE).The hanging of Shāh ʿAbd al-MaʿalīIllustrationThis illustration has the inscription: Shāh ʿAbd al-Maʿlī being hanged on the order of Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḥakīm.Illuminated text pageText pageThis illuminated text page comes from Farhang-i Jahāngīrī (a Persian language dictionary) by Jamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn Injū Shīrāzī (d. 1035 AH / 1625 or 6 CE).End of the 10th century AH / 16th CEIndiaWalters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksFor Akbarnāmah see Storey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Vol. 1. (London: Luzac, 1927- ), 543-549.For Farhang-i Jahāngīrī see Storey, C. A. Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey, Vol. 3. (London: Luzac, 1927- ), 26-29.Welch, S. C., "Early Mughal Miniature Paintings from Two Private Collections Shown at the Fogg Art Museum." Ars Orientalis 3 (1959): fig. 12.Binney, E. Indian Miniature Painting from the Collection of Edwin Binney 3rd. The Mughal and Deccani Schools (Portland: Portland Art Museum, 1973), no. 20.Beach, Milo Cleveland, Stuart Cary Welch, and Glen D. Lowry. The Grand Mogul: Imperial Painting in India, 1600-1660 (Williamstown, Mass.: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978), 41-43; nos. 3-4.Beach, Milo Cleveland. The Imperial Image: Paintings for the Mughal Court (Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1981), 102-103; 116-123; nos. 12a-c, e-f.Leach, Linda York. Mughal and Other Indian Paintings from the Chester Beatty Library, Vol. 1. (London: 1995), 232-300.Schmitz, Barbara J. Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in the Pierpoint Morgan Library. (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1997), 151-152.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid styleLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishIlluminationIllustrationIndiaIndianIslamicMughalPaintingWalters Art Museum