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File:Malik amber ahmadnager hi.jpg
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Summary
Malik Amber of Ahmadnager(c.1605-27)
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| Artist |
Hashim (made) |
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| Title |
Malik Amber of Ahmadnager(c.1605-27) |
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| Description |
Malik Ambar was born in Ethopia in 1548 with the name Chapu and was sold into slavery. He was eventually bought by a leading member of the Nizam Shahi court of Ahmadnagar, one of the fragile sultanates of the Deccan. The slave became a soldier, and eventually a commander of the Nizam Shahi army, leading it against the Mughal army of the emperor Akbar. By 1600 he had become Regent of the Kingdom, effectively ruling Ahmadnagar until his death in 1626. His army scored significant victories against the Mughals during the reign of Jahangir. The Mughal army was led by Jahangir's son, Shah Jahan, who rebelled against his father in 1624 and sought support from his former enemy. It is likely that Hashim was sent with Shah Jahan's envoy and painted this naturalistic portrait after seeing the subject at first hand. |
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| Date | circa 1624-5 (made) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Opaque watercolour and gold on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Height: 38.6 cm page, Width: 26.5 cm page, Height: 19.5 cm to edges of green ground, Width: 11.7 cm to edges of green ground | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
IM.21-1925 |
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| Object history | The folio is from a group of paintings acquired at auction in 1925 where they were sold as "The Minto Album" and subsequently divided between the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin and the V&A. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Likeness of [Malik] 'Anbar the work of Hashim | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References | Susan Stronge, Painting for the Mughal Emperor. The art of the book 1560-1650, V&A Publications, 2002, pl. 123, p. 160 Richard M. Eaton, A Social History of the Deccan, 1300-1761. Eight Indian Lives, The New Cambridge History of India, I.8, Cambridge University Press, 2005,Chapter 5, 'Malik Ambar (1548-1626): the rise and fall of military slavery, pp. 105-128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | bridgeman berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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