This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in: English, Arabic.

Name of Object:

Concerning the punishment of an Idolator (one of the weak Muslims)

Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Holding Museum:

Aga Khan Museum

About Aga Khan Museum, Toronto

Date of Object:

Early 15th century

Museum Inventory Number:

AKM41

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Ink, watercolour, and gold pigment on paper

Dimensions:

42.8 x 22.5cm

Period / Dynasty:

Timurid

Provenance:

Iran, Heart

Description:

This folio, along with two others in the Aga Khan Museum Collection (AKM89 and AKM40), comes from a manuscript assembled at the court of Shahrukh (d. 1447) and disassembled by the art dealer Émile Tabbagh in the 1920s and 30s. The manuscript’s content draws primarily from a world history prepared by Rashid al-Din (d. 1318) for the Mongol Ilkhan Oljeitu in 1307. It is not a simple copy of Rashid al-Din’s work, but rather a hybrid manuscript with a tangled history made even more complex by its dispersal. This folio reveals one of the abiding mysteries of the manuscript: here, similar to a group of other dispersed folios, an illustration appears in place of a block of missing text.

How Object was obtained:

Former Prince Saddrudin Aga Khan Collection

Citation of this web page:

 "Concerning the punishment of an Idolator (one of the weak Muslims)" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;22;en

MWNF Working Number: CA1 22