Harvard Art Museums > 1941.292: Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama (Attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali) , 1941.292,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/165528. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1941.292 People Attributed to Mir Sayyid ‘Ali, Persian (16th century) Title Mahiya frees Zambur, Beheads his sleeping guards, and suspends Gharrad in his stead (painting, verso); Nine Lines of Nasta‘liq Script (text, recto), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Hamzanama Other Titles Series/Book Title: Hamza Nama Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date c. 1570 Places Creation Place: South Asia, India Period Mughal period Culture Mughal Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/165528 Physical Descriptions Medium Illustration: opaque watercolor and gold on cotton fabric. Text: ink and gold on paper. Both sides framed with a paper border with opaque watercolor ruling Dimensions image: 67.5 x 51.5 cm (26 9/16 x 20 1/4 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund Accession Year 1941 Object Number 1941.292 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Eric Schroeder, A Painting from the Hamza Romance, Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1941), Vol. 9, 110, p. 110, ill. reproduced in b/w Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), p. 89, fig. 95 Zahra Faridany-Akhavan, "The Problems of the Mughal Manuscript of the Hamza-nama" (Thesis, Harvard University, 1992), UMI Dissertation Information Service James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), page 142-143 Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 John Seyller, The Adventures of Hamza: Painting and storytelling in Mughal India, exh. cat., Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2002), p. 188, no. 61 Exhibition History Akbar's India: Art from the Mughal City of Victory, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/24/1986 - 03/16/1986 Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990 Arabesque, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1990 - 03/24/1991 An Imperial Vision. The Art of Mughal India, 1526-1658, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/17/1992 - 12/06/1992 32Q: 2590 South and Southeast Asia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 05/14/2015 Subjects and Contexts Google Art Project Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
