Ogetai Khan Assumes the Throne, from a Torikh-e
Artist/Culture
Persian
(Seljuk, 1000–1199)
Date15th Century
Mediumopaque watercolor on paper
Dimensionssheet: 26.7 x 17.7 cm
ClassificationsNon-Western Miniatures
Credit LineJerome Wheelock Fund
Object number1935.10
DescriptionIlluminated page; the sovereign of the Mongols is seen talking to a personage who is seated before him; before the throne are see three wives of Mankou Kaan; from the History of Genghis Khan by Juvaini Herat 1437Label TextAl-Juvaini's Tarikh-e Jahan Gushay (History of the World Conquerors), a thirteenth century text on the history of the early Mongol emperors, was popular during the Mongol Timurid Dynasty of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This painting records an event that took place in 1229 when Ogetai, the son of the first of the great Mongol ruler, Chingiz Khan, assumed the throne. In the company of three princes and three court ladies in a garden, he ordered that all his followers be allotted money from the treasury, and he silenced any objections to his beneficence. The garden is indicated in this painting by the two flowering trees and the stream flowing through the bottom left corner of the composition. Historical sources reveal that the Mongols frequently held important councils in outdoor settings, but the actual portrayal here reflects the practices of the early fifteenth century Timurid court. ProvenanceDemotte, New York NY
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