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Bad news arrives at court
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Description
In this lower section of a manuscript page, courtiers below a throne area express their dismay. A military defeat has probably been announced, during the conflicts among the Quraish tribe in seventh century Arabia. The Tarikh-i Alfi (‘History of a Thousand Years’) was a compendious history commissioned by Akbar in anticipation of the Islamic millennium year.
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Details
- Series
- History of a Thousand Years
- Associated place
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Asia › India › north India (place of creation)
- Date
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1592 - 1594
Mughal Period (1526 - 1858)
- Associated people
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Akbar (ruled 1556 - 1605) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- gouache with gold on paper
- Dimensions
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frame 30.5 x 38 x 2.2 cm (height x width x depth)
painting 13 x 21.5 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by Howard Hodgkin.
- Accession no.
- LI118.94
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2nd February-22nd April 2012, Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Howard Hodgkin, Andrew Topsfield, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 7 on p. 36, illus. p. 37
Past Exhibition
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Location
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- Returned to lender
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