AKM288.13, Punishment at Court, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Fol.207r
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AKM288.13, Punishment at Court, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri), Fol.207v
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Punishment at Court, Folio from a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri)
- Accession Number:AKM288.13
- Creator:Artist (painter attributed): Kahim Karan
Author: Nasir al-Din Tusi, Persian, 1201 - 1274
Created for: Nasir al-Din `Abd al-Rahim - Place:Pakistan, Lahore
- Dimensions:23.9 cm × 14.2 cm
- Date:ca. 1590-1595
- Materials and Technique:Opaque watercolour, ink and gold on paper
This illustration falls in the Third Discourse, Section 4 on the tenets of good government. In the text, Nasir al-Din Tusi contrasts the example of a ‘Virtuous Government’, which is true to justice and the good treatment of its subjects, with a ‘Deficient Government’, which is tyrannical and treats its subjects as slaves. The painting, in which a man is flogged at the order of the ruler, might plausibly relate to either.
See AKM288 for an introduction to a manuscript of the Ethics of Nasir (Akhlaq-i Nasiri) and links to the other paintings within this manuscript.
— Marika Sardar
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