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Hashem was an artist in Mughal royal service, and was probably in the entourage of Shah Jahan when the prince was leading the Mughal armies against the rulers of the Deccan in the 1620s. During this period Shah Jahan was in rebellion against his father, the emperor Jahangir, and formed brief alliances with Deccani enemies of the Mughals. Hashem remained in Shah Jahan's service after his accession as emperor in 1628. The painting was given ornate floral borders that probably date to about 1625-30, and a page of calligraphy also with floral borders was added to the reverse, to create a folio for an album.","physicalDescription":"Painting,  in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Sultan Muhammed Qutb Shah of Golconda is depicted standing facing left with his face in full profile against a plain green ground. He wears white clothes and has a diaphanous white muslin shawl, edged with gold. His striped turban has an orange band; his shows are red velvet. His hands rest on the top of the hilt of his straight-bladed sword. The artist has signed his name in gold to the left of the ruler's feet, and there is a black identifying inscription on the left, also in Persian.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Hashim","id":"A7476"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"opaque watercolour","id":"x35013"},{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"paper","id":"AAT14109"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Painted in opaque watercolour and gold on paper","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project","id":"THES263148"}],"styles":[{"text":"Mughal","id":"AAT18939"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006BC7486","2017KC4308","2017KC4311"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"004","id":"THES403708"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"painting","id":"AAT33618"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Mughal Empire","id":"THES262021"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1623-1625","earliest":"1623-01-01","latest":"1625-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"reign of Jahangir"},{"date":{"text":"ca. 1620-30","earliest":"1615-01-01","latest":"1630-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"borders, probably "}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"From the Minto Album","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"38.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"26.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"page","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"19.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"11.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"painting (excluding borders and gold frames)","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"'work of Hashem/A good likeness of Sultan Muhammad Qutb al-Mulk'","transliteration":"'amal-e hashem/shabih-e khub-e sultan Muhammad Qutb al Mulk'","type":"","note":"The black inscription is probably in Shah Jahan's hand"}],"objectHistory":"A portrait done painted during the reign of Jahangir by Hashem, one of the leading artists of the reign, probably when he was in the entourage of Shah Jahan during the Mughal prince's campaigns in the Deccan from 1623. 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The Mughals made frequent attempts to conquer them, and during Jahangir’s reign major campaigns were led by Shah Jahan. In 1622, while in the Deccan, the prince rebelled against his father and briefly sought help from his former enemies. It is likely that Hashem was an artist in the prince’s entourage and accompanied his emissaries, allowing him to paint this portrait of a man renowned for his artistic patronage.\r\n\r\n","date":{"text":"2008","earliest":"2008-01-01","latest":"2008-12-31"}},{"text":"Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah. Opaque water colour and gold on paper. Mughal, by Hashem, c. 1624-5.\r\n\r\nSultan Muhammad ruled the Deccan kingdom of Golconda from 1611 to 1625. The portrait is signed in gold by an artist who was probably with Shah Jahan during his military campaigns in the Deccan and saw the Golconda ruler. Hashem remained in Mughal imperial service after Shah Jahan's accession in 1628. 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