For #ManuscriptMonday: Asian #Elephants & Indian #Rhinoceroses!
Lovely miniatures in a c.1590-3 imperial illuminated manuscript of The Memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Babur (r.1526-30)
British Library OR 3714, f. 378r + 379r
"Originally written in Chaghatai Turkish and translated into Persian at his grandson Akbar’s request by Mīrzā ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān."
https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_3714_f378r
https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_3714_f379r
![digital scan of f.378r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a herd of Asian Elephants in a landscape [with Persian text]](https://media.historians.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/876/514/467/970/original/ee9715eadb43ba01.png "digital scan of f.378r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a herd of Asian Elephants in a landscape [with Persian text]")
![digital scan of f.379r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a pair of Indian Rhinoceroses in a landscape [with Persian text]](https://media.historians.social/media_attachments/files/114/020/876/634/395/827/original/4b2f61d409fe0989.png "digital scan of f.379r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a pair of Indian Rhinoceroses in a landscape [with Persian text]")
The #Rhinos of Samos https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-rhinos-of-samos.html
"Today, #rhinoceroses are rare #animals, with three out of the five species on the verge of #extinction. Millions of years ago, however, not only were they much more common, but there were many more species, and with greater diversity, than we have today."
For #ManuscriptMonday: Asian #Elephants and Indian #Rhinoceroses! Lovely miniatures in a c. 1590-3 imperial illuminated manuscript of The Memoirs of the Mughal Emperor Babur (r.1526-30). "Originally written in Chaghatai Turkish and translated into Persian at his grandson Akbar’s request by Mīrzā ʻAbd al-Raḥīm Khān."
British Library OR 3714, f. 378r + 379r.
https://bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_3714_f378r
https://bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=or_3714_f379r
![digital scan of f.378r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a herd of Asian Elephants in a landscape [with Persian text]](https://media.historians.social/media_attachments/files/110/372/247/674/774/621/original/0a6af7a4643be1a0.png "digital scan of f.378r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a herd of Asian Elephants in a landscape [with Persian text]")
![digital scan of f.379r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a pair of Indian Rhinoceroses in a landscape [with Persian text]](https://media.historians.social/media_attachments/files/110/372/247/997/459/133/original/6d391024a2d95ef1.png "digital scan of f.379r, illuminated manuscript miniature panting depicting a pair of Indian Rhinoceroses in a landscape [with Persian text]")
