1941.292: Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1941.292
- People
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Attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali, Persian (16th century)
- Title
- Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Hamza Nama
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- c. 1570
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Mughal
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/165528
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Illustration: opaque watercolor and gold on cotton fabric. Text: ink and gold on paper. Both sides framed with a paper border with opaque watercolor ruling
- Dimensions
- image: 67.5 x 51.5 cm (26 9/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
- Accession Year
- 1941
- Object Number
- 1941.292
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Eric Schroeder, A Painting from the Hamza Romance, Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1941), Vol. 9, 110, p. 110, ill. reproduced in b/w
- Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 89, fig. 95
- Zahra Faridany-Akhavan, "The Problems of the Mughal Manuscript of the Hamza-nama" (Thesis, Harvard University, 1992), UMI Dissertation Information Service
- James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), page 142-143
- Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997
- John Seyller, The Adventures of Hamza: Painting and storytelling in Mughal India, exh. cat., Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2002), p. 188, no. 61
Exhibition History
- Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/24/1986 - 03/16/1986
- Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990
- Arabesque, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1990 - 03/24/1991
- An Imperial Vision. The Art of Mughal India, 1526-1658, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/1992 - 12/06/1992
- 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/14/2015
Subjects and Contexts
- Google Art Project
Verification Level
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