id:			125579
accession number:	1947.502
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The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318), c. 1596. Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600), Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century). Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper; image: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); overall: 38.5 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1947.502

title:				The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
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series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1596
creation date earliest:		1591
creation date latest:		1601
current location:		
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Mughal, 16th century, made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605);made for Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)
technique:	opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Basavana (Indian, active c. 1560–1600) 

* Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century) 

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measurements: Image: 34 x 20 cm (13 3/8 x 7 7/8 in.); Overall: 38.5 x 25 cm (15 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.); with mat: 49 x 36.3 cm (19 5/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	recto lower left: [translated] Siege of the fort of Irbil by Urgatu Nuyan and the attainment of victory by command of Hulagu Khan.; verso overall: [text]
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures
	opening date:   1952-07-15T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Indian Miniatures</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 28, 1952).

	title:		Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1998-02-21T00:00:00
	<i>Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p. 22,  cat. no. 1<br>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 4 - August 5, 2003.<br>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115); February 20 - August 18, 2004.

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, ?-1947, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1947
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1947-present
	date: 1947-
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	citations: 	


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fun fact: 
This fortified city in the heart of Kurdistan, now called Irbil, is in Iraq.

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wall description: 
Akbar, the third Mughal emperor of India, commissioned an illustrated copy of the Chingiz-nama, a historical text written in Persian during the early 1300s by a Jewish scholar who converted to Islam. The Chingiz-nama is an account of the conquests of Akbar’s ancestors, the Mongols, who swept across the Asian continent from Siberia to the Mediterranean Sea during the 1200s. This page describes the final momentous defeat of the caliph of Baghdad, the religious head of Sunni Islam and political leader of the Abbasid dynasty, with the names of all the caliphs who came before him listed in red at the top.
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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 and Reproduced: cat. no. 777
	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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