id: 170084 accession number: 2012.301 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.301 updated: 2023-01-11 21:34:59.904000 Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories), 1598–1600. Shravana (Indian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 2012.301 title: Timur distributes gifts from his grandson, the Prince of Multan, from a Zafar-nama (Book of Victories) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1598–1600 creation date earliest: 1598 creation date latest: 1600 current location: creditline: Gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski copyright: --- culture: India, Delhi, Mughal court, 16th century technique: opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art - Mughal type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Shravana (Indian) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 28.2 x 20.2 cm (11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in.); Image: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 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 * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 245); December 5, 2013. --- PROVENANCE Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920-2013], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-2012 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2012- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Pre-modern giftwrap: Round textiles cover presentation platters. digital description: wall description: The Zafar-nama, a biography of Timur praising his accomplishments, was written in Persian and completed about 20 years after his death. The author was a prominent scholar and advisor to a grandson of Timur who succeeded him as ruler of the Timurid Empire. The Mughal emperors treasured their copies of the Zafar-nama and referenced it during their own acts of territorial expansion. Akbar was overjoyed when his father’s copy, which had been lost in battle 60 years before, was returned to him in 1596. Soon after, Akbar commissioned his own illustrated copy, from which this page has come. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.301/2012.301_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.301/2012.301_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.301/2012.301_full.tif