Abd al-Rahim, Khan Khanan

Object Details

• Artist

  Hashim

• Court

  Mughal Court

• School/Tradition

  Mughal school

• Description

  F1939.50a & F1939.50b two sides of a single folio.

  Detached folio from a dispersed manuscript; A portrait of Abd al-Rahim Khan Khanan; side panel texts in Persian black nasta'liq script; inscriptions on golden frame; reverse: Panel of calligraphy; verses of poem; Persian in black nasta'liq script; corners embellished with triangular illuminated panels; signed by Mir Ali.

  Border: obverse: The painting is set in gold and purple rulings in an inner frame of calligraphic panels and a gold outer frame with floral motifs mounted on a paperboard with gold flowers on a blue ground. Reverse: the calligraphy panel is set in red, gold, and black rulings in an inner frame of calligraphy panels, and a gold floral outer frame, mounted on a paperboard with multicolored flowers and marginal medallions.

• Inscriptions

  On the painting, lower right: Amal-i Hashim

  "Work of Hashim."

  On the gold frame: Shabih-i [?] Khankanan sepah salar amal-i Hashim

  "Likeness of [?] Khankanan commander-in chief, amal-i Hashim."

  Reverse:bottom left, Fagir hagir Mir Ali

  Reverse:bottom left, Fagir hagir Mir Ali

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998)

  South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

  The Ramayana (July 18, 1983 to April 15, 1984)

  Nastaliq Calligraphy (September 23, 1982 to January 20, 1984)

  The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1630s, 1620s

• Name

  Hashim

• Place

  India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627), Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Portraits, Illumination

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings