Folio from a Majmua' al-tawarikh (Compendium of chronicles) by Hafiz-i Abru (d.1430); recto: text, The third article: The Bani Umayya dynasty, Mu'awiyah ibn Abi-Sufyan, the departure of Jusrat ibn Veda'; verso: A parley between two groups of Muslim horsemen, events of the year forty-three

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of a Majmua' al-tawarikh (Compendium of chronciles) by Hafiz-i Abru; text: Persian in black naskhi script with red headings; recto: text: The third article: The Bani Umayya dynasty, Mu'awiyah ibn Abi-Sufyan, the departure of Jusrat ibn Veda', 30 lines; verso: illustration and text: Events of the year forty-three, A parley between two groups of Muslim horsemen; 19 lines.

  Border: The text and the painting are set in cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1936

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

  From 1936

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

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

  International Exhibition of Persian Art, Pennsylvania Museum, 1926 (October to December 1926)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Timurid period (1378 - 1506), Horses, Arts of the Islamic World, History

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Paintings