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Add Or 3848
- Record Id:
- 040-003272167
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003272166
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000a13
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 3848
- Title:
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Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1724-48)
- Scope & Content:
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Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1st Nizam of Hyderabad 1724-48).
Purchased June 1976.
Inscribed on cover-paper: ‘Nizam al muluck - Soubah of the Decan’; numbered in a different hand: ‘(2)’; in Persian: ‘Nawab Asaf Jah’; cover-paper watermarked with a crowned armorial device over letters ‘G R.’
Gouache with gold; silver and red-orange borders.
254 by 165 mm; page 303 by 211 mm.
Reproduced: M. Archer (1970), pl.6.
A three-quarter length portrayal of Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah dressed predominantly in green standing on a terrace facing left holding a red sword, while two attendants stand with’ morchals’ on the right.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Archer Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003272166
040-003272167 - Is part of:
- Add Or 3848, 4051-4052 : Add.Or.3848, 4051-4052 Three portraits from a set of Indian characters and rulers. Hyderabad, c.1745. Note: From a series…
Add Or 3848 : Mir Qamar al-Din Nizam al-Mulk Asaf Jah (1724-48) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003272166[0001]/040-003272167
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 3848, 4051-4052
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Deccani style
Deccani/Hyderabad style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1744
- End Date:
- 1746
- Date Range:
- c 1745
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Asaf Jah, Nizam of Hyderabad, 1724-1748
- Subjects:
- Portraits