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The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto)
1425-50
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
These two pages are from a manuscript that evidently was written and illustrated for the library (at Herat) of the Timurid king Shah Rukh, the son of Timur (Tamerlane). The <em>Majma' al-Tawarikh</em> traced the history of the world, beginning with the prophets of the Old Testament until the reign of Shah Rukh.
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- Title: The Story of Hushang, from a Majma al-tavarikh (A Compendium of Histories) of Hafiz-i Abru (recto)
- Date Created: 1425-50
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 11 x 25.7 cm (4 5/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Overall: 42 x 32 cm (16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in.); Text area: 22.6 x 22.8 cm (8 7/8 x 9 in.)
- Provenance: (Parish-Watson & Co., Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Manuscript
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.452.a
- Medium: opaque watercolor and ink on paper
- Inscriptions: script: Naskh
- Department: Islamic Art
- Culture: Afghanistan, Herat, Timurid period (1370–1501)
- Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Collection: Islamic Art
- Accession Number: 1931.452.a
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