Portrait of Abdullah Khan Uzbek 1610-20
13.5 x 6.9 cm (image) | RCIN 1005038.ae
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f. 31 from a Mughal Album of portraits
Verso:Portrait of Abdullah Khan Uzbek, c.1610-20.
Abdullah Khan II (c.1534–98) was the last Shaybanid ruler of Bukhara, from 1583 until his death in 1598. He maintained close diplomatic relations with Mughal India throughout his reign and the emperor Jahangir's artists painted several portraits of him, despite his never having visited the Mughal court in person.
Recto:Verse by Rumi surrounded by gold illumination
ای برادر تو همین اندیشه / مابقی تو استخوان و ریشه
گر گلشت اندیشه تو گلشنی / ور بود خاری تو هیمه گلخنی
For further information on this album see RCIN 1005038.Provenance
From an album thought to have been presented to George IV by the Nawab of Awadh c. 1828.
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13.5 x 6.9 cm (image)