File:Hamza Burns Zarthust’s Chest and Shatters the Urn with his Ashes.jpg

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A scene from the Hamzanama where Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib burns Zarthust's chest and shatters the urn with his ashes

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Hamza Burns Zarthust’s Chest and Shatters the Urn with his Ashe
Artist
Mughal
Title
Hamza Burns Zarthust’s Chest and Shatters the Urn with his Ashe
Description

It took some 15 years to complete the Great Mughal Akbar’s copy of the Hamza-nama, which originally contained about 1400 miniatures. This was a gigantic project in every respect, a collaborative effort by Persian and Indian artists that is considered a pioneering work of early Mughal painting.

The book is a fictitious account of the life of Hamza, the Prophet Muhammad’s uncle. Here we see Hamza in the process of burning and destroying the earthly remains of the Persian founder of Zoroastrianism, called Zarthust in the manuscript. Zarthust’s granddaughter, Manut, who raises her hands in horror, and the ugly women on the left are depicted as sorceresses.
Date circa 1570
date QS:P571,+1570-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium On cotton tabby from a copy of the Hamza-nama.
Dimensions Miniature: 68 × 51.4 cm,
David Collection museum
Current location
Denmark
Credit line Formerly in the Art Institute of Chicago
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