Discover the paintings and decorative arts of the Mughal period - the most powerful and lasting of the Islamic dynasties in India.
An indolent and ineffectual ruler, this youthful Sultan was compelled to accept Mughal sovereignty in 1636. In this fine portrait he is shown with a green and gold nimbus in the Mughal manner.
Harle, J. C., and Andrew Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1987), no. 85 on pp. 77-78, pl. 14 (colour) & p. 77
Topsfield, Andrew, Indian Paintings from Oxford Collections, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum in association with the Bodleian Library, 1994), no. 17 on p. 40, p. 6, illus. p. 41
Zebrowski, Mark, Deccani Painting (London: Sotheby Publication and Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983), 183, fig.149
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