As-Saffah Being Proclaimed Caliph

Illustration

Syed Muhammad Khan
by Muhammad Bal'ami
published on 17 November 2019
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Folio from a manuscript of the Tarikhnama (Persian: "Book of History") by Muhammad Bal'ami (10th Century CE). The folio depicts As-Saffah (r. 750 - 754 CE), founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, being proclaimed caliph.

Likely made in Iraq. Mongol period, c. 14th Century CE. From the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

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