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Marvels of the World
Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari1022 AH/AD 1613 (Safavid)
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Walters manuscript W.652 is an abridged metrical paraphrase of the 2nd maqalah of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation) by Zakariya' al-Qazwini (died 682 AH/AD 1283) with additions from other sources by Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari (died 866 AH/AD 1461-1462). The text was copied in Herat (in present-day Afghanistan) in 1022 AH/AD 1613 in the library of the governor of Khurasan Husayn Khan Shamlu-yi Biklirbiki (Beglerbegi). The manuscript is illustrated with 14 paintings in an early Safavid style from the 11th century AH/AD 17th. The present binding is not original to the manuscript.
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- Title: Marvels of the World
- Creator Lifespan: 1461/1462
- Date Created: 1022 AH/AD 1613 (Safavid)
- Physical Dimensions: w17 x h5.8 cm
- Type: illuminated manuscripts
- Rights: Acquired by Henry Walters, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: ink and pigments on thick paper covered with light olive leather
- Provenance: Husayn, 1305 AH/AD 1887-1888, by purchase [for 310 tomans]; Asghar 'Ali, 1305 AH/AD 1887, 1888, by gift [acquired for Asghar 'Ali by his father Husayn for 310 tomans, dated 1305 AH/AD 1887-1888, see fol. 1b]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Place of Origin: Herat, Afghanistan
- ExhibitionHistory: Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985; Elephants. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987-1988; The Book of Kings: Art, War, and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Academy of the Arts, Easton, Easton; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; The Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 2002
- Author: Fakhr al-Din Hamzah ibn 'Ali Azari
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