Sultan Yusuf 'Adil Shah of Bijapur (reg.1489-1510)
Scope & Content:
Sultan Yusuf ‘Adil Shah of Bijapur (reg.1489-1510), standing facing half left and crowned. Inscription (erroneous): ‘Mahomed ‘Ali Kutub Shah’. 212 by 110 mm. Note: cf. Yusuf’s idealised portrait in the succession portraits of the rulers of Bijapur (Add.Or.4242).
Tipu Sultan of Mysore (reg.1782-99), head and shoulder looking left. Inscription: ‘Tippu Sultan’. 202 by 130 mm. Note: The usual portrait, based on the original oil painting formerly attibuted to F. Cherry (F28), but in fact by a south Indian artist.
Shah Jahan, standing nimbate looking right with sword over shoulder. Inscription: ‘Padshah of Burhanpur.’. 142 by 85 mm. Note: An odd description, but Shah Jahan was for many years based at Burhanpur for the Mughal conquest of Golconda and Bijapur.
‘Abd al-Rahim Khan-i Khanan (1556-1627), standing facing right holding a long sword and a flower. Inscription: ‘Khan-i-Khanan’. 151 by 82 mm. Note: Minister under Akbar and Jahangir.
Qamar al-Din Khan (d.1748), standing facing right with long sword and flower. Inscription: ‘Nawab Mahomed Kamruddin Khan Bahadur.’. 176 by 97 mm. Note: Vizier to Muhammad Shah from 1724-48, after Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah.