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Khan Jahan Bahadur. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1650-90).
Catalogue reference: Johnson 18,12
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- Johnson 18,12
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- Khan Jahan Bahadur. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1650-90).
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1690
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Khan Jahan Bahadur(d.1697). By Hunhar, Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: 'shabih-i khan jahan bahadur' (portrait of Khan Jahan Bahadur); numbered 34 in Persian inventory note; inscribed below: ''amal-i hunhar' (the work of Hunhar) with four lines of Urdu verse in the same hand; on reverse: ''amal-i hunhar.'. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain border. 284 by 179 mm; page 382 by 240 mm. Losty (1986), 41. Khan Jahan Bahadur is dressed in green and rides a chestnut stallion caparisoned with a jewelled bridle and illuminated saddle and saddle-cloth; a lance rests in a holder attached to the saddle. The green sky has gold and coloured cloud-streaks. Note: A late work by Hunhar whose more typical mid-seventeenth-century style is represented by J.4, 5. Khan Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash enjoyed an extensive military career during Aurangzeb's reign. His wife had been wet-nurse to Aurangzeb, which perhaps allowed him and his sons extra favour. In his later years he held the governorships of Bengal, Allahabad and the Punjab. He died in AH 1109/AD1697 (Shah Nawaz Khan (1911-52), I, 783).
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- J.18,12
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- 1 Item
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Unrestricted. Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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- Medium: opaque watercolour.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 133
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/bf2ad1e6-efe3-4f47-8dbb-e9938de2ba58/
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: (British Library) Johnson Album
British Library, Visual Arts, Richard Johnson Collection
Within the file: Johnson 18
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Khan Jahan Bahadur. Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1650-90).