id:			113366
accession number:	1932.36.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.36.b
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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:				
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creation date:			c. 1595
creation date earliest:		1590
creation date latest:		1600
current location:		
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Mughal school, 16th century
technique:	ink and color on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 41 x 22.6 cm (16 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Stories from Mughal India
	opening date:   2016-07-31T04:00:00
	<i>Art and Stories from Mughal India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Ajit Ghose, Calcutta, India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1932
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1932-
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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 304
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n324

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IMAGES

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