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The Submission of the rebel brothers Ali Quli and Bahadur Khan
Kesav Kalan - Enlarge image
The Submission of the rebel brothers Ali Quli and Bahadur Khan
- Object:
Painting
- Place of origin:
India (possibly, made)
Pakistan (possibly, made) - Date:
1590-1595 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Kesav Kalan (artist)
Madhav Kalan (artist) - Materials and Techniques:
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
- Museum number:
IS.2:20-1896
- Gallery location:
In Storage
This illustration to the Akbarnama by Kesav Kalan and Madhav Kalan is the left half of a double-page composition (right half being IS.2:19-1896), and depicts the submission of the rebel brothers Ali Quli Khan and Bahadur Khan to Akbar at Karah in 1561.
The Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) was commissioned by the emperor Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign. It was written by Abu'l Fazl between 1590 and 1596 and is thought to have been illustrated between about 1592 and 1594 by at least 49 different artists from Akbar's studio. After Akbar's death in 1605, the manuscript remained in the library of his son, Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) and later that of Shah Jahan (r.1628-1658). The purchased it in 1896 from Mrs Frances Clarke, the widow of Major-General John Clarke. He bought it in India while serving as Commissioner of Oudh between 1858 and 1862.
