cover image: Detached folio from a Baburnama; recto:The Emperor Babur and his men pitching camp, folio from a Baburnama; verso: text

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Detached folio from a Baburnama; recto:The Emperor Babur and his men pitching camp, folio from a Baburnama; verso: text

1588

Recto: Two lines of nasta'liq script in black on painting (which is laid down on later borders.). The inscription reads: [Qoch Beg] and his brothers performed well. We camped on a rise a league from Pishkaran. Verso: Calligraphic leaf of poetry in nasta'liq script from from Jāmī’s Khiradnāma-i Iskandarī, the last of the septet Haft Aurang. National Museum of Asian Art Collection
india art soldiers scale south asians tents tent soldier falcon camel south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858) reign of akbar (1556 - 1605) baburnama
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Dates
Mughal dynasty
Format
Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper
Pages
H x W (Overall): 36 × 23.4 cm (14 3/16 × 9 3/16 in) H x W (Image): 23.9 × 13.5 cm (9 7/16 × 5 5/16 in)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
S2015.27
Rights
Gift of Elizabeth B. Moynihan in honor of Milo Cleveland Beach
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4d5c71c56d469ffbb5651491089c7116

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