The Umayyad Caliph Muawiya I (r. 602–68 c.e.) with Councilors, from a dispersed Assembly of Histories (Majma’ al-Tawarikh) manuscript Artist: Unknown

ca. 1425

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The son of a merchant from Mecca, Muawiya was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad dynasty (661–751 C.E.), the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of the prophet Muhammad. Muawiya seized control after the death of the caliph Ali I, moved the capital to Damascus, established multiple government agencies (including a postal service), and extended the reach of the dynasty from Spain, in the west, to the Indus River, in northwest India.

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 16 9/16 × 13 in. (42 × 33 cm)
image: 12 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (32.7 × 23.2 cm)
other (Painting): 5 1/8 × 9 1/16 in. (13 × 23 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Burns Foss

Accession Number

1983.94.4

Geography

Herat, Afghanistan

Culture

Afghani, Islamic

Period

Timurid dynasty (1370–1507)

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Foss 213 Mary Burns Foss (Mrs. Wilson P. Foss Jr.) (1896–1987); gift in 1983 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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), 902
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

histories (visual works)

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