id: 113366 accession number: 1932.36.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.36.b updated: Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years), c. 1595. India, Mughal school, 16th century. Ink and color on paper; overall: 41 x 22.6 cm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1932.36.b title: Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of a Thousand Years) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1595 creation date earliest: 1590 creation date latest: 1600 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: India, Mughal school, 16th century technique: ink and color on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 41 x 22.6 cm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Ajit Ghose, Calcutta, India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?-1932 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1932- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A distinctive feature of this manuscript is the descriptive painting surrounding the blocks of text. At the top of this page is a depiction of the sacred center of Islam, the black stone structure called the Ka‘ba in Mecca that the Prophet Muhammad cleansed of pre-Muslim idols. The Ka‘ba is the endpoint of the Islamic pilgrimage that all Muslims are enjoined to make at least once during their lifetime. Remarkably, Akbar’s name appears on the page of the book held by a devotee, where only prayers or Qur'anic passages should be found. During the time of the caliph who persecuted Shi‘ites, Mecca experienced a drought. Fountains of water now were dry, and pilgrims had to buy water that was carried there. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 776 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n139 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 237 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n261 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 237 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n261 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 304 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n324 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.36.b/1932.36.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.36.b/1932.36.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1932.36.b/1932.36.b_full.tif