Curator From Home: Kernels of Wisdom From the Ancient Past

What do battling beasts, strange birds, and flame-engulfed treetops have to tell us about how to be a successful leader? Aga Khan Museum Curator Dr. Michael Chagnon investigates in this short video exploration of a 17th-century manuscript of the Anvar-i Suhayli (Manuscript of the Lights of Canopus).

To learn more about the object, please visit here: https://agakhanmuseum.org/collection/artifact/battle-between-owls-and-crows-akm289

Accession Number: AKM289
Place: Iran
Date: dated 8 November 1593 CE / 13 Safar 1002 AH
Artist (painter): Sadiqi (Persian, died 1612)
Author: Husayn b. ‘Ali al-Wa’iz al-Kashifi
Scribe: Na’im Muhammad al-Husayni al-Tabrizi
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