MAKE A MEME View Large Image Malik amber ahmadnager hi.jpg 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 ...
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Keywords: Malik amber ahmadnager hi.jpg 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 circa 1624 -5 made Opaque watercolour and gold on paper 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 Victoria and Albert Museum 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 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 credit line Likeness of Malik 'Anbar the work of Hashim accession number IM 21-1925 bridgeman berlin http //collections vam ac uk/item/O73033/painting-portrait-of-malik-ambar/ http //www art-prints-on-demand com/a/mughal-school/malik-amber-of-ahmadnager html PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Paintings of men of Maharashtra 1620s paintings from India Malik Ambar
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