Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)

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Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)

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Date
1520–1607
Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Culture
Northern India, Mughal, early 17th century
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
170823

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This page is from a prized manuscript owned by one of the most respected statesmen of the imperial Mughal court, Abd al-Rahim. He served as the Khan Khanan, or vizier, the trusted minister under both Akbar and Jahangir. Abd al-Rahim was an avid book collector and patron of the arts. He acquired this book of five extended narrative poems, which included the story told in rhyme of the romance between Joseph and the Egyptian lady Zulaykha, about 80 years after its completion. The book’s illumination had not been finished, so Abd al-Rahim commissioned the exuberant decor of the borders and insets along with fullpage paintings that illustrate key scenes in the text.

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Credit line
Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; Bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Provenance
before 1923: Georges Demotte [1877–1923], Paris, France, and New York, NY | 1940s: French private collection | October 18, 1994: (Christie's, London, England, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, October 18, 1994 sale, lot 9) | 1994–2013: Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection | 2013-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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