Miniature from a copy of Muhammad ibn Husam’s Khawarannama (Book of the East). ‘Malik Lifts Abu’l Mihjan from the Saddle’
Iran, Shiraz (?); 1477
Miniature: 17.8 × 20.5 cm
Inventory number 13/1988
Turkmen paintings often have a somewhat simpler line and composition than contemporary Timurid work, but were frequently more dynamic and colorful. This is decidedly true of the copy of the Khawarannama that was completed in 1477.
Muhammad ibn Husam’s ‘Book of the East’ from c. 1426 deals in free poetic form with the martial achievements of the Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, and his familiars. It took its title from Ali’s chief opponent, King Kubad of Khawaran, and was modeled largely on Firdawsi’s Shahnama.
Muhammad ibn Husam’s ‘Book of the East’ from c. 1426 deals in free poetic form with the martial achievements of the Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali, and his familiars. It took its title from Ali’s chief opponent, King Kubad of Khawaran, and was modeled largely on Firdawsi’s Shahnama.
Published in
Published in
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no. 22;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 277;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 30;
Kjeld von Folsach: For the Privileged Few: Islamic Miniature Painting from The David Collection, Louisiana, Humlebæk 2007, cat.no. 21;
Raya Shani: “The Shahnama legacy in a late 15th-century illustrated copy of Ibn Husam's Khavaran-nama, the Gulistan Palace Library, Tehran Mp. 5750” in Gabrielle van den Berg, Charles Melville (eds.): Shahnama studies III : the reception of the 'Shahnama', p. 239, fig. 9.98;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 277;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 30;
Kjeld von Folsach: For the Privileged Few: Islamic Miniature Painting from The David Collection, Louisiana, Humlebæk 2007, cat.no. 21;
Raya Shani: “The Shahnama legacy in a late 15th-century illustrated copy of Ibn Husam's Khavaran-nama, the Gulistan Palace Library, Tehran Mp. 5750” in Gabrielle van den Berg, Charles Melville (eds.): Shahnama studies III : the reception of the 'Shahnama', p. 239, fig. 9.98;
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