Babur Entertains in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's Palace from a Baburnama

Object Details

• Artist

  Farrukh Beg (active early 1580s–1619)

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Baburnama (Tuzuk-i Baburi) by Zahir-al- Din Muhammad Babur; left-hand half of a double- page composition with no facing folio; Babur entertains in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's Palace; marginal inscription; one of a group of three folios.

  Border: the painting is set in gold, red, and black rulings in a border with landscape and bird and animal motifs, mounted within borders of a Rawdat al-Safa page.

• Inscriptions

  Margin: Farrukh Beg

• Provenance

  To 1912

  Hafez Mahmud Khan Shairani, London, England. [1]

  From 1912 to 1942

  Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Hafez Mahmud Khan Shairani, London, England on June 21, 1912. [2]

  From 1942 to 1986

  Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [3]

  From 1986

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 406. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 232.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.

  [4] See note 3.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hafez Mahmud Khan Shairani

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Francois Mautin (1907-2003)

• Origin

  Lahore, Pakistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1580s

• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Shairani, Hafez Mahmud Khan, Vever, Henri

• Place

  Pakistan, Lahore

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Sultan, Art, Henri Vever collection, Palace, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Kings and rulers, Baburnama

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts