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Mirza Hidayat Allah. Artist(s): Gaj Singh, Thakur Rao (c.1710).

Catalogue reference: Johnson 1,17

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Johnson 1,17
Title
Mirza Hidayat Allah. Artist(s): Gaj Singh, Thakur Rao (c.1710).
Date
c 1710
Description

Mirza Hidayat Allah. By Thakur Rao Gaj Singh, Mughal, c.1710. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: 'tasvir-i mirza hidayat allah koka-yi a'zam shah' (a picture of Mirza Hidayat Allah, foster-brother of A'zam Shah); below: ''amal-i thakur rao gaj singh' (the work of Thakur Rao Gaj Singh). Gouache with gold; on an album page with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 182 by 95 mm; page 381 by 254 mm. Reproduced: Arnold (1921), fig.5. Mirza Hidayat Allah, foster-brother of A'zam Shah (third son of Aurangzeb), stands in a field facing right, resting his left hand on a sword, and with his right hand slightly raised. He is dressed in a decorated white jama and turban.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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J.1,17
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Physical condition
Medium: opaque watercolour.
Unpublished finding aids
Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 154
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/2c670216-bfe1-4173-bd0f-e3e9d765d01f/

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Mirza Hidayat Allah. Artist(s): Gaj Singh, Thakur Rao (c.1710).