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121 A popular scene for British patrons, three other examples are in the
THE DARBAR OF AKBAR SHAH II British Library, the National Museum in New Delhi, and the City Palace
Delhi, mid-to-late 19th century Museum in Alwar. (See Losty & Roy, Mughal India: Art, Culture and
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; Akbar Shah seated on Empire, London, 2012, pp.210-211; Fragrance in Colour, New Delhi,
the peacock throne with his sons and courtiers in brightly colored 2003, p.67; and Singh, Museums of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 2009, pp.
garments in attendance; inscribed top border in nastaliq: “Sultan ibn 44-5.) Also see Sotheby’s, New York, 16/17 March 1988, lot 500.
Sultan, Provider of Virtues, [our] Real Benefactor [and] Virtual Lord, Abu
Nasr Mo’in al-Din Mohammad Akbar Shah, the Warrior of the Faith”. Provenance
6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (16.6 x 13.1) Private Collection, California since 1960s
$3,000 - 5,000

Among those in attendance on the left are Shadi Rama, Raja Ram,
Qalandar Ali Khan, Shah Haji, Bakhshi Mahmud Khan, Mirza Abul
Muzaffar Muhammad Bahadur, Mirza Salim Bahadur, Mustaufi AllahYar
Khan, Nawab Muhammad Mir Jahan, Khwajah Farid ud-daula, and Sir
David Ochterlony. On the right, Mirza Darab Khan, Shahzadeh Mirza
Jahan Khusrow, Shahzadeh Mirza Bulokhi, Nawab Mamad Mir Khan,
Nawab Hisamudin Khan, and Nawab Mir Haidar Ali Khan.

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