Nawab Amir al-Umara Zabita Khan

Object Details

• Artist

  Son of Ganga Ram Mihr Chand

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal School

• Description

  Detached album folio: Nawab Amir al-Umara Zabita Khan; single-page portrait; Persian in black nasta'liq script; inscribed to Mihr Chand; inscription on the margin consists of the name of the patron and the artist.

  Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings in an inner frame of brown floral and leaf scroll, surrounded by a frame of dark blue, floral motifs and an outer frame of brown floral and leaf scroll mounted on a white-colored paperboard.

• Inscriptions

  Inner margin, amal-i Mihr Chand pesar-i Ganga Ram.

  "Work of Mihr Chand, son of Ganga Ram."

  Outer margin, Nawab Amir al-umara Zabiteh Khan Bahador.

  "Nawab, prince of princes, Zabiteh Khan Bahador."

  "Nawab, prince of princes, Zabiteh Khan Bahador."

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857 (February 7 to May 6 , 2012)

  A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (November 20, 1988 to April 30, 1989)

• Origin

  Lucknow or Faizabad?, Uttar Pradesh state, Avadh (Oudh), India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1780s, 1760s

• Name

  Mihr Chand, son of Ganga Ram

• Place

  Lucknow, Faizabad, Avadh, Uttar Pradesh state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Henri Vever collection, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Hookah, Portraits, Nawab

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings