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Qutlaq Khan killing a treacherous Gujarati servant in Khwaja Muazzam's house
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Qutlaq Khan killing a treacherous Gujarati servant in Khwaja Muazzam's house
- Object:
Painting
- Place of origin:
India (possibly, made)
Pakistan (possibly, made) - Date:
1590-1595 (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Opaque watercolour and gold on paper
- Museum number:
IS.2:37-1896
- Gallery location:
In Storage
In this painting from the Akbarnama, Qutlaq Qadam Khan kills a treacherous Gujarati servant in Khwaja Muazzam's house in 1564. The image is overlaid with a panel of text in the bottom right hand corner. On the reverse is another painting (IS.2:38-1896) thought to be by the same artist, though neither is identified
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 Shah Jahan (r.1628-1658). The Museum purchased it in 1896 from Mrs Frances Clarke, the widow of Major-General John Clarke who bought it in India while serving as Commissioner of Oudh between 1858 and 1862.
