Babur Entertains in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's Palace from a Baburnama

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Baburnama (Tuzuk-i Baburi) by Zahir-al- Din Muhammad Babur; left-hand half of a double- page composition with no facing folio; Babur entertains in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's Palace; marginal inscription; one of a group of three folios. Border: the painting is set in gold, red, and black rulings in a border with landscape and bird and animal motifs, mounted within borders of a Rawdat al-Safa page. Margin: Farrukh Beg To 1912 Hafez Mahmud Khan Shairani, London, England. [1] From 1912 to 1942 Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Hafez Mahmud Khan Shairani, London, England on June 21, 1912. [2] From 1942 to 1986 Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [3] From 1986 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [4] Notes: [1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 406. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 232. [2] See note 1. [3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office. [4] See note 3. Arthur M. Sackler Collection A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989) Hafez Mahmud Khan Shairani Henri Vever (1854-1942) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)