The Friends of `Ali at the Hunt, Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Khwavarannama of Muhammad b. Husam, ca. 1477. Ink and opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.3 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.132 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.132_acetate_bw.jpg)
The Friends of `Ali at the Hunt, Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Khwavarannama of Muhammad b. Husam, ca. 1477. Ink and opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.3 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.132 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.132_PS1.jpg)
The Friends of `Ali at the Hunt, Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Khwavarannama of Muhammad b. Husam
Arts of the Islamic World
These pages belong to a dispersed illustrated manuscript and the first known copy of the Khavarannama by the poet Muhammad ibn Husam (d. circa 1470). Modeled on the Iranian national epic, the Shahnama (Book of Kings), the Khavarannama details the life of cAli, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the most important figure in Shica Islam after Muhammad. The manuscript originally contained 155 miniatures, which appear to have been executed some years after the text and display the vibrant colors and lush vegetation characteristic of the Turkman painting tradition of Shiraz. In one of the paintings shown here, the military leader cAdnan visits cAli, depicted as a enthroned king; the other shows a horseman lassoing a wild donkey as his companions stab a spotted leopard and shoot a wild goat. The text on the hunting scene includes the name of Said ibn Abi Waqqas, a relative of the Prophet and purportedly the first to accept Islam; he may therefore be represented in the illustration.
MEDIUM
Ink and opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
DATES
ca. 1477
DYNASTY
Timurid
PERIOD
Turkman
DIMENSIONS
8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.3 x 16.8 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
"Farhad"
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
86.227.132
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1963, provenance not yet documented; before 1963, acquired by Hassan Khan Monif of New York, NY; by 1963, acquired by Ernest Erickson; 1986, gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation to the Brooklyn Museum.
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The Friends of `Ali at the Hunt, Page from an Illustrated Manuscript of the Khwavarannama of Muhammad b. Husam, ca. 1477. Ink and opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 x 6 5/8 in. (20.3 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.227.132 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.227.132_acetate_bw.jpg)
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