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| Keywords: *Portrait of Navab General Firoz Khan, c.1670.jpg en Artist Artist Unknown Date c 1670 Medium Opaque watercolors and gold on paper Dimensions 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in 20 x 16 19 cm Creation Place Asia India Deccan Region Credit Line The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund Accession Number 80 41 Location Not on view This finely executed portrait of General Firoz Khan a seventeenth century nobleman and member of the Golkonda court in the Deccan demonstrates that Persian-inspired painting flourished at Golkonda before the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb finally conquered it in 1687 The rulers of the Deccan plateau were Muslim like the Mughals but whereas the Mughals were Sunnis and influenced by eastern Iranian and Central Asian painting the sultans of the Deccan were Shi'as and more influenced by Safavid and Arab culture The preference for fine detail polished surface and decorative floral borders evident here demonstrates considerable Persian influence Following the military campaigns of Aurangzeb Mughal artists found their way to central Indian courts and perpetuated Muslim-inspired painting through the eighteenth century ~ 1670 http //www artsmia org/viewer/detail php v 12 id 2734 author PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Golconda monarchs Paintings of men of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh in the 1670s 1670s paintings from India | ||||
