Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah of Golconda
Painting
1623-1625 (made), ca. 1620-30 (made)
1623-1625 (made), ca. 1620-30 (made)
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This sensitive portrait by the artist Hashem depicts the ruler of Golconda, Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah (r. 1611-1625). Hashem was an artist in Mughal royal service, and was probably in the entourage of Shah Jahan when the prince was leading the Mughal armies against the rulers of the Deccan in the 1620s. During this period Shah Jahan was in rebellion against his father, the emperor Jahangir, and formed brief alliances with Deccani enemies of the Mughals. Hashem remained in Shah Jahan's service after his accession as emperor in 1628. The painting was given ornate floral borders that probably date to about 1625-30, and a page of calligraphy also with floral borders was added to the reverse, to create a folio for an album.
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| Title | Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah of Golconda (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper |
| Brief description | Portrait of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah of Golconda, by Hashim, Mughal, 1623-25, borders probably ca. 1625-30 |
| Physical description | Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Sultan Muhammed Qutb Shah of Golconda is depicted standing facing left with his face in full profile against a plain green ground. He wears white clothes and has a diaphanous white muslin shawl, edged with gold. His striped turban has an orange band; his shows are red velvet. His hands rest on the top of the hilt of his straight-bladed sword. The artist has signed his name in gold to the left of the ruler's feet, and there is a black identifying inscription on the left, also in Persian. |
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| Content description | Sultan Muhammed Qutb Shah of Golconda is depicted standing facing left with his face in full profile against a plain green ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (The black inscription is probably in Shah Jahan's hand)
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| Credit line | From the Minto Album |
| Object history | A portrait done painted during the reign of Jahangir by Hashem, one of the leading artists of the reign, probably when he was in the entourage of Shah Jahan during the Mughal prince's campaigns in the Deccan from 1623. It was added to a royal album, and the borders probably date from about 1625-30. |
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| Summary | This sensitive portrait by the artist Hashem depicts the ruler of Golconda, Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah (r. 1611-1625). Hashem was an artist in Mughal royal service, and was probably in the entourage of Shah Jahan when the prince was leading the Mughal armies against the rulers of the Deccan in the 1620s. During this period Shah Jahan was in rebellion against his father, the emperor Jahangir, and formed brief alliances with Deccani enemies of the Mughals. Hashem remained in Shah Jahan's service after his accession as emperor in 1628. The painting was given ornate floral borders that probably date to about 1625-30, and a page of calligraphy also with floral borders was added to the reverse, to create a folio for an album. |
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| Accession number | IM.22-1925 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2008 |
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