Muhammad Husain Mirza and Akbar

ca. 1590-95 · Painting · 38.1 × 22.4 cm

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Londra, Regno Unito

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This painting is an illustration to the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar). Its composition was designed by the Mughal court artist Miskin, with details painted by Mohesh. It depicts Muhammad Husain Mirza, one of the most significant of the enemies of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605), being brought to court as a prisoner. Akbar is here depicted on horseback, accompanied by his courtiers.

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The Akbarnama was commissioned by Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign. It was written in Persian by his court historian and biographer, Abu’l Fazl, between 1590 and 1596, and the V&A’s partial copy of the manuscript is thought to have been illustrated between about 1592 and 1595. This is thought to be the earliest illustrated version of the text, and drew upon the expertise of some of the best royal artists of the time. Many of these are listed by Abu’l Fazl in the third volume of the text, the A’in-i Akbari, and some of these names appear in the V&A illustrations, written in red ink beneath the pictures, showing that this was a royal copy made for Akbar himself. After his death, the manuscript remained in the library of his son Jahangir, from whom it was inherited by Shah Jahan.

The V&A purchased the manuscript in 1896 from Frances Clarke, the widow of Major General John Clarke, who bought it in India while serving as Commissioner of Oudh between 1858 and 1862.

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