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Johnson 23,6

Record Id:
041-003286789
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003286446
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000158
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 23,6
Title:

Qulich Khan Bahadur

Scope & Content:

Qulich Khan Bahadur (d.1686).

Mughal, c.1700.

Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.

Numbered 18 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘in tasvir qulich khan bahadur’ (this [is] a portrait of Qulich Khan Bahadur).

Gouache with gold; on an album page with narrow gold border and margin of plain paper.

210 by 133 mm; page 270 by 192 mm.

Qulich Khan, facing right, stands in a field, holding a paper in his right hand and resting his left hand on his ‘talwar’. He wears a fur-collared coat over his jama; green background.

Note: This is probably not Qulich Khan Turani, governor of Kabul and Kandahar (d.1654), but Qulich Khan Khwaja Abid who was killed at the seige of Golconda in 1686: ‘There he was struck by a cannon ball on the shoulder, and his hand was blown off. He exhibited great self-control, and rode back to his camp. Jumdat-ul-Mulk Asad Khan, who was deputed to enquire and comfort him, found on arrival surgeons busy removing splinters of bone from his shoulder, and he kneeling firmly was busily conversing with those present without a frown on his face. He was drinking a cup of coffee with his second hand, and said that an expert stitcher had luckily been found’ (Shah Nawaz Khan (1911-52), II, 539-41). But he died soon after.

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Project / Collection:
Johnson Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003286446
040-003286783
041-003286789
Is part of:
Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 23 : Total of 15 leaves separately mounted. All are male portraits. The miniatures are not mounted as album leaves but in most cases have…

 

Johnson 23,6 : Qulich Khan Bahadur
Hierarchy:
032-003286446[0024]/040-003286783[0006]/041-003286789
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Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:
1 Item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Styles:
Mughal style
Mughal/Aurangzeb style
Start Date:
1699
End Date:
1701
Date Range:
c 1700
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: opaque watercolour

Former Internal References:
J.23,6
Finding Aids:
Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 147vi
Material Type:
Prints, Drawings and Paintings
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Qulich Khan Bahadur, d 1686
Subjects:
Portraits