The Imam of Baghdad brought before the Caliph on a charge of heresy from the <em>Tarikh-i-Alfi</em>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1592 - 1594
label: Period
content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar
name: label: Artist
content: Basawan
notes: label: Court
content: Mughal Court
label: School/Tradition
content: Mughal school
label: Label
content: The Emperor Akbar commissioned the writing of the Tarikh-i-Alfi, (The History of a Thousand Years), to celebrate the year 1000 (1591-92) on the Muslim calendar. The manuscript probably contained hundreds of paintings, but only about thirty survive today.
label: Provenance
content: To 1931
label: Provenance
content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1931 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1931
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1931 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)
place: label: Origin
content: India
topic: label: Topic
content: Islam
label: Topic
content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
label: Topic
content: Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)
label: Topic
content: Qur'an
label: Topic
content: Imam
label: Topic
content: Caliph
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1931.26
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (painting - verso): 40.7 × 21.5 cm (16 × 8 7/16 in)