Husayn Addressing the Umayyad Army at Karbala (painting , recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hadikatu'l-Su'ada (Garden of the Blessed by Mehmed ibn Suleyman Fuzuli
ManuscriptsOttoman16th-17th century

Husayn Addressing the Umayyad Army at Karbala (painting , recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Hadikatu'l-Su'ada (Garden of the Blessed by Mehmed ibn Suleyman Fuzuli

c. 1600

Classification
Manuscripts
Medium
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Culture
Ottoman
Period
Ottoman period
Century
16th-17th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

16.5 x 12.4 cm (6 1/2 x 4 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Jean Soustiel, Paris, 5 June 1970], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1970, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

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