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A Man Kills his Mother, who has Committed Adultery

Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana (Persian, 1207-1273) (Author)
1073 AH/AD 1663
ink and pigments on thin laid paper (probably Kashmiri)
(Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World , Islamic Manuscripts)

On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, a man kills his mother, who has committed adultery.

Provenance
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Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Geographies

Bharat (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 10 7/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (26.5 x 15 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

W.626.64B

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Collection of Poems (masnavi)

Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana (Persian, 1207-1273)
1073 AH/AD 1663
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