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The King of the Elephants   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Rumi  (1207–1273)  wikidata:Q43347 s:en:Author:Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi q:en:Rumi
 
Rumi
Alternative names
Rumi, Mevlânâ Celâleddîn-i Rûmî, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, Mevlānā, Mawlānā
فارسی: جلال‌الدین محمد بلخى
Description Persian poet, jurist and theologian
Date of birth/death 30 September 1207 Edit this at Wikidata 17 December 1273 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Vakhsh Konya
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creator QS:P170,Q43347
Title
The King of the Elephants
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English: On this folio from Walters manuscript W.626, the king of the elephants comes to a pool of water, in which is seen the reflection of the moon. He tests the story of the leader of a band of hares, in which the moon will supposedly be angry if the elephants come to drink from the pool.
Date 1663 AD (1073 AH)
Medium ink and pigments on thin laid paper (probably Kashmiri)
Dimensions height: 26.5 cm (10.4 in); width: 15 cm (5.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,15U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
W.626.135A
Place of creation Bharat
Object history
  • Ibrahim [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [round seal impression, Ibrahim (...) on front flyleaf iia]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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