The Killing of Kab ben Ashraf, from a Manuscript of Hafiz-i Abru’s Majma’ al-tawarikh

ca. 1425

Medium: Watercolor (miniature painting on manuscript page)
Dimensions: sheet: 16 15/16 × 13 5/16 in. (43 × 33.8 cm)
image: 13 1/4 × 9 1/16 in. (33.6 × 23 cm)
other (Painting): 4 15/16 × 8 7/8 in. (12.5 × 22.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Wilson P. Foss, Jr.
Accession Number: 1965.51.3
Geography: Afghanistan
Culture: Afghani, Islamic
Period: Timurid dynasty (1370–1507)
Classification: Paintings
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Bibliography

Reza Mohamad Ghiasian, "The “Historical Style” of Painting for Shahrukh and Its Revival in the Dispersed Manuscript of Majma? al-Tawarikh," Iranian Studies 48 no. 6 (2015), 899

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histories (visual works), manuscript

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