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Zair al-Dawlah, Hajji Bilal Ali Khan, Daroghah, Mahrukh Begum, Yasmin, and Mahliqa seek Wajid Ali Shah’s leave to visit Karbala (1261/1845-6) c. 1850

45.0 x 29.0 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 1005035.bj

Master: Ishqnamah عشقنامه (The Book of Love)
Item: Zair al-Dawlah, Hajji Bilal Ali Khan, Daroghah, Mahrukh Begum, Yasmin, and Mahliqa seek Wajid Ali Shah’s leave to visit Karbala (1261/1845-6)

India

Master: Ishqnamah عشقنامه (The Book of Love) Item: Zair al-Dawlah, Hajji Bilal Ali Khan, Daroghah, Mahrukh Begum, Yasmin, and Mahliqa seek Wajid Ali Shah’s leave to visit Karbala (1261/1845-6) c. 1850

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2024

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2024

Description

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Painting in opaque watercolour with metallic paints

Provenance

Illustration from a manuscript of the Ishqnamah (Book of Love) by Wajid Ali Shah, presented to Queen Victoria by Sir John Lawrence in 1859.
People involved

Creator(s)

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Physical properties

Measurements

45.0 x 29.0 cm (page dimensions)
Groupings
Category
Manuscripts
Object type(s)
components
layout features (manuscripts/incunables)
illuminated manuscript
Subject(s)
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
Poetry
Urdu literature
Indic literatures (in general)
Places
Asia
India
Uttar Pradesh [India]
Awadh [Uttar Pradesh]

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