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Haji Mahmud (maker)

Tinted drawing on paper, illustration to the Shah nama of Firdawsi, Rustam rescuing Bizhan from the pit.

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Categories	Paintings Myths & Legends Drawings Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Drawn and painted on paper Paper Painted Drawn
Brief description	Drawing, Rustam rescuing Bizhan from pit, Shah nama illustration, by Haji Mahmud, ink and watercolour on paper, Mandu, ca. 1505
Physical description	Tinted drawing on paper, illustration to the Shah nama of Firdawsi, Rustam rescuing Bizhan from the pit.
Content description	Rustam rescuing Bizhan from the pit.
Marks and inscriptions	(inscribed in Persian above the image) Translation 'the hand of hope having been withdrawn from him he has despaired of fortune forever' (inscribed in Persian on the picture) Translation 'the brush of haji mahmud' Transliteration 'qalam-i haji mahmud'
Credit line	Given by B. W. Robinson, Esq.
Object history	Exhibited at the V&A Loan Exhibition of Persian paintings, 1951, No. 69. This artist illustrated a copy of the Bustan-i Sa'di for Nasir al-din Khalji at Mandu, now in the National Museum, New Delhi.
Subjects depicted	Hero Pit Rustam Bizhan
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.14-1958

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O434096/drawing-haji-mahmud/

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