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Johnson 26,6
- Record Id:
- 041-003286834
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000185
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 26,6
- Title:
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Shah Jahan visiting Miyan Mir, with his four sons
- Scope & Content:
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Shah Jahan visiting Miyan Mir.
Mughal, c.1700.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed with identifications of the characters in Persian: ‘Hazrat-i Miyan Mir’;’ Shah Jahan’;’ Dara Shah’;’ Shah Shuja‘‘;’ Aurangzeb’;’ Murad Bakhsh’; ‘Asaf Khan.’
Tinted drawing; on an album page with blue and plain borders sprinkled with gold.
299 by 169 mm; page 347 by 236 mm.
Reverse: a page of ‘naskhi’ calligraphy written diagonally on silver-sprinkled blue paper with stencilled margin; 18th century.
Reproduced: Moin-al-Din (1969), facing p.8.
Shah Jahan kneels before Miyan Mir who sits outside a leaf hut. Dara Shikoh and an attendant are behind the emperor, and the other three sons are with Asaf Khan on the left. A horse with groom is in the foreground.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286828
041-003286834 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 26 : Total of 21 leaves separately mounted of which 2 are Persian. The subjects are all male portraiture, some being equestrian or…
Johnson 26,6 : Shah Jahan visiting Miyan Mir, with his four sons - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0027]/040-003286828[0006]/041-003286834
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- 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
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.26,6
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 142
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India, 1618-1707,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109510021
Dara Shikoh, Prince, son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, 1615-1659
Miyan Mir, fl 1530-1635
Murad Bakhsh, Prince, d 1662
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India, 1628-1658
Shah Shuja, Prince, 1616-1660 - Subjects:
- Portraits