id:			170836
accession number:	2013.326
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.326
updated:		2025-02-09 07:07:57.095000

Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1610–1620. India, Mughal, 17th century. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; page: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection 2013.326

title:				Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)
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creation date:			c. 1610–1620
creation date earliest:		1605
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
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culture:	India, Mughal, 17th century
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Mughal
type:		Painting
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measurements: Page: 28 x 21 cm (11 x 8 1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Verso: Persian ruba‘i (quatrain) by Maulana Muḥammad Murshidi Zawara’i (Persian, late 1500s–early 1600s);

Calligraphy in nasta‘liq script:
A Christian with his zonnar string and your amber locks,
A pious ascetic in a prayer niche and the angle of your eyebrows,
O Lord! What kind of a qibla are you
That night and day the hearts of both Muslims and Infidels are turned toward you?
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* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (7/31/2016-10/23/2016); Art and Stories from Mughal India, cat. 47.', 'opening_date': '2016-07-31T00:00:00'}

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