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Sultan Muhammad : English: The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj)

Français : L'ascension de Mahomet (mi'rāj) فارسی: معراج العربية: المعراج

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Artist
Sultan Muhammad (–1555) wikidata:Q6712884
Alternative names
فارسی: سلطان محمد
Description Persian painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 1470s
date QS:P,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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1555 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Tabriz Tabriz
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Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q6712884
Title
English: The ascent of Muhammad to heaven (mi'rāj)
Français : L'ascension de Mahomet (mi'rāj)
فارسی: معراج
العربية: المعراج
Description
English: This work is coming form a Khamseh of Nizami. It is ascribed to Sultan Muhammad.
فارسی: مینیاتور ایرانی از «خمسهٔ» نظامی که معراج محمد پیامبر اسلام را نشان می‌دهد.
Date between 1539 and 1543
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1539-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1543-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium gouache , gold and ink on paper
Dimensions height: 28.7 cm (11.2 in); width: 18.6 cm (7.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,28.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,18.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
Or. 2265, fol. 195a
References Jon Thompson, Sheila R. Canby (eds)., Hunt for paradise, court art of Safavid Iran, 1501-1576 , cat. exh. New York, Asia Society Museum, 2003-2004, Milan, Skira Editore, 2003, p. 117-118, n°4.29
Source/Photographer http://www.mirror.org/greg.roberts/MirajB1.jpg
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Captions

Ascribed to Sultan Muhammad. Nizami Ganjavi, The Ascent of Muhammad to Heaven on his steed Buraq, guided by Gabriel and escorted by angels, 1539-43 (Persia Safavid dynasty). British Library

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