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Mss Eur G38/1/I, 3h
- Record Id:
- 042-003283751
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002306636
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035589390.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur G38/1/I, 3h
- Title:
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Mir Qama al-Din Asaf Jah (1724-48), Nizam of Hyderabad
- Scope & Content:
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Asaf Jah (1st Nizam of Hyderabad 1724-48).
Hyderabad, c.1800.
Bowring Album; purchased July 1959.
Inscribed on label:’ Mir Kamar-ud-din, Chain Kalij Khan, Fatah Jang Nizam-ud-daulah, Nizam-ul-mulk, Asaf Jah. Amir ul-umra 1st Nizam 1713-48’; above: ‘1st Nizam’; above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i huzur pur-i nur asaf jah bahadur’ (a likeness of the illuminated presence Asaf Jah Bahadur).
Gouache; yellow and red borders.
191 by 112 mm; page 224 by 145 mm.
Asaf Jah stands on a garden terrace holding a sword and an open book.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Bowring Collection
India Office Private Papers - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002306636
040-002306637
041-002306638
042-003283751 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur G38 : Genealogical and biographical material on Indian Princes, Chiefs, and landholders, and other prominent personalities in India…
Mss Eur G38/1/I-2 : Genealogical and Biographical material
Mss Eur G38/1/I : Bowring Album, I, I-XII. Illuminated panels containing the coats-of-arms of the princes of India, together with their proper…
Mss Eur G38/1/I, 3h : Mir Qama al-Din Asaf Jah (1724-48), Nizam of Hyderabad - Hierarchy:
- 032-002306636[0001]/040-002306637[0001]/041-002306638[0005]/042-003283751
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur G38
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Deccani style
Deccani/Hyderabad style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1801
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 432i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Asaf Jah, Nizam of Hyderabad, 1724-1748
- Subjects:
- Portraits