Folio from Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Bal’ami (d. circa 992-997): the election of 'Othman as the caliphate of Medina

Object Details

• Description

  Folio within a bound copy - F1947.19 - of Tarikhnama (Book of history) by Bal'ami, volume II; Folio 79 accessioned separately as (F1930.21.1); recto: text: Capture of Kerman, one column, 33 lines of text; verso: text: Capture of Sahkistan and Mukran, one column, 33 lines of text.

  Folio 84 accessioned separately as (F1930.21.2); recto: illustration and text: The election of 'Othman as the caliphate of Medina, one column, 22 lines of text; verso: text: 'Othman sends governors to provinces, one column, 33 lines; Persian in black naskhi script; headings in red; bound with manuscript F1947.19; accessioned separately. One of a group of 3: volume I (F1957.16), volume II (F1947.19) and bound folios 79, 84 (F1930.21.1-2) are all accessioned separately.

  Border: The text and the painting are set in green, black, and gold rulings on beige-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1930

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1930 [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1930 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

  Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)

  2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Metalwork (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Probably Iraq

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Art, Swords, Tarikhnama, Arts of the Islamic World, Balami, History, Caliph, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iraqis

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts