EditorialA prince enthroned in the countryside. A youthful prince is seated on a hexagonal throne with an architectural superstructure and canopy above. He is handed ‘pan’ by a boy and is attended by a ‘chauri’-bearer and two armed guards, and three mus...
EditorialIndia / Portugal: 'Death of Sultan Bahadur in front of Diu during negotiations with the Portuguese, 1537'. Painting from the 'Akbarnama', late 16th century
EditorialGeneral view of the Qutb Minar, Delhi. A view from the east looking towards the tower of victory, with the dome of the Alai Darwaza on the left, and the small pavilion, a late addition that for a time stood at the top of the tower, on the right. Adham ...
EditorialThe Qutb Minar. One of the greatest monuments of Islamic architecture in India, the minaret forms part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in the country. Hastings Albums. 1815. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4832. Langu...
EditorialFront: Qutb ad-Din, left, as the Roman emperor Caracalla, dressed with kuras, staff? Over right shoulder and shield over left. Worn, remains of inscription. Reverse: rules inscription., Coin, dirham of Qutb ad-Din Muhammad, Zengid emir of Sinjar, metal...
EditorialSufi saints. c.1760. Six Sufi saints seated on a terrace; Khvaja Mu'in al-Din, Ghaus al-A'zam, Khvaja Qutb al-Din, Shaikh Mihr, Shah Sharaf Bu 'Ali Qalandar and Sultan Musa Shaikh. Opaque watercolour and gold. Originally published/produced in c.1760. ...
EditorialA view of the mausoleums of the Qutb Shahi Kings (1507-1687) outside Golconda. A herds boy in red turban and ahoti leans on his staff watching his bullocks while in the background an elephant with a howdah kneels at the foot of the steps leading to the...
EditorialLaurens Pit visiting Sultan Abul Hasan Qutb Shah of Golkonda to hand him a commission, or Golla konda, a ruined fort of Southern India and capital of medieval Golconda Sultanate c.1518?1687.
EditorialSultan of Golkonda beats convicted death Den Golcondaschen Vorst beats the traitor Secretary in syn Presence Beaten to death (title on object), upper right stamp marked: Second Part fol 238, violent death, maltreatment, torture, ruler, sovereign, Golko...
EditorialSultan Abdullah Qutb Shah (1614-74) on Horseback, c. 1635. Southern India, Golconda. Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper, mounted with gold-sprinkled borders;.
EditorialA view of the mausoleums of the Qutb Shahi Kings (1507-1687) outside Golconda. A herds boy in red turban and ahoti leans on his staff watching his bullocks while in the background an elephant with a howdah kneels at the foot of the steps leading to the...
EditorialA view of the dargah or shrine of Qutb-Sahib at Mehrauli Inscribed in Persian in red paint: (above) ‘naqsha darga-i Hazrat Qutb al-Aqtab’; (below) ‘‘amal ‘abdihi Muhammad Yusuf ‘afa Allah ‘anhu.’. The tomb is surrounded by a simple balu...
EditorialThe tomb of Imam Zamin (d.1538-9) and its entrance gateway with the Qutb Minar behind. Hastings Albums. 1815. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4823. Language: English.
EditorialThe Qutb Minar. One of the greatest monuments of Islamic architecture in India, the minaret forms part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in the country. Hastings Albums. 1815. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4832. Langu...
EditorialSufi saints. c.1760. Six Sufi saints seated on a terrace; Khvaja Mu'in al-Din, Ghaus al-A'zam, Khvaja Qutb al-Din, Shaikh Mihr, Shah Sharaf Bu 'Ali Qalandar and Sultan Musa Shaikh. Opaque watercolour and gold. Originally published/produced in c.1760. ...
EditorialA prince enthroned in the countryside. A youthful prince is seated on a hexagonal throne with an architectural superstructure and canopy above. He is handed ‘pan’ by a boy and is attended by a ‘chauri’-bearer and two armed guards, and three mus...
EditorialA view of the mausoleums of the Qutb Shahi Kings (1507-1687) outside Golconda. A herds boy in red turban and ahoti leans on his staff watching his bullocks while in the background an elephant with a howdah kneels at the foot of the steps leading to the...
EditorialA view of the dargah or shrine of Qutb-Sahib at Mehrauli Inscribed in Persian in red paint: (above) ‘naqsha darga-i Hazrat Qutb al-Aqtab’; (below) ‘‘amal ‘abdihi Muhammad Yusuf ‘afa Allah ‘anhu.’. The tomb is surrounded by a simple balu...
EditorialTombs of the Kings. View of the mausoleums of the Qutb Shahi kings (1507-1687) outside Golconda. Scenery, Costumes And Architecture, Chiefly on the western side of India. London, R. Ackermann, 1826. Source: X 400 volume 1, plate 14.
EditorialThe tomb of Imam Zamin (d.1538-9) and its entrance gateway with the Qutb Minar behind. Hastings Albums. 1815. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4823. Language: English.
EditorialGeneral view of the Qutb Minar, Delhi. A view from the east looking towards the tower of victory, with the dome of the Alai Darwaza on the left, and the small pavilion, a late addition that for a time stood at the top of the tower, on the right. Adham ...
EditorialThe Qutb Minar. One of the greatest monuments of Islamic architecture in India, the minaret forms part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in the country. Hastings Albums. 1815. watercolour. Source: Add.Or.4832. Langu...
EditorialGeneral view of Iltutmish's Tomb, Qutb, Delhi. An exterior view of the tomb of Iltutmish or Altamsh. Archaeological Survey of India Collections: Indian Museum Series (Duplicates). 1870s. Photograph. Source: Photo 1003/(888).
EditorialLaurens Pit visit Sultan Abul Hasan Qutb Shah of Golkonda to give him a commission, India, print maker: Jan Luyken, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, 1693.
EditorialLaurens Pit visiting Sultan Abul Hasan Qutb Shah of Golkonda to hand him a commission, or Golla konda, a ruined fort of Southern India and capital of medieval Golconda Sultanate c.1518?1687.