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Akbar Receives Gifts from the Ambassadors of Badakhshan

c. 1600-03

Chester Beatty

Chester Beatty
Dublin, Ireland

The Book of Akbar, or Akbarnama, is an official, imperial biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), written by his close friend and associate, Abu ‘l-Fazl. In this painting the emperor is depicted receiving gifts of bows, two small dishes of spinels, swords and hunting falcons from the ambassadors of Badakhshan, a region that today comprises parts of eastern Tajikistan and north-eastern Afghanistan. Badakhshan was an important source of spinels, or balas rubies, a type of precious stone distinct from 'true', or corundum, rubies.

Details

  • Title: Akbar Receives Gifts from the Ambassadors of Badakhshan
  • Date Created: c. 1600-03
  • Physical Location: Dublin, Ireland
  • Location Created: India
  • Original Source: Chester Beatty Library
  • Rights: © Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
  • Collection Number: CBL In 03.54 a
  • Additional Description: The History of Akbar (Akbarnama)

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