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
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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