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Abd al-Samad
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'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad Shirazi, was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later t
Barbad Plays for Khusraw, Khamsa of Nizami, British Library, Oriental 2265, 1539–43, inscribed Mirza Ali at bottom left.
Barbad Plays for Khusraw, Khamsa of Nizami, British Library, Oriental 2265, 1539–43, inscribed Mirza Ali at bottom left.
The earliest known example of a Mughal painting, Princes of the House of, Timur (c. 1550–55), is attributed to Abd al-Samad. It was probably executed
The earliest known example of a Mughal painting, Princes of the House of, Timur (c. 1550–55), is attributed to Abd al-Samad. It was probably executed for Humayun, and added to under later emperors to update the family tree. Painted with gouache and gold on fine cotton fabric. British Museum
Jamshid writing on a rock, by Abd al-Samad in 1588
Jamshid writing on a rock, by Abd al-Samad in 1588
Arghan Div Brings the Chest of Armour to Hamza, from Volume 7 of the Hamzanama, supervised by Samad.
Arghan Div Brings the Chest of Armour to Hamza, from Volume 7 of the Hamzanama, supervised by Samad.
Humayun
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Nasir al-Din Muhammad, commonly known by his regnal name Humayun, was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled much of what is now eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from 1530 t
Abd al-Samad
…Tahmasp Shahnameh to him. Brend finds this painting "unsatisfactory" and the work of an inexperienced painter. Samad first met the exiled Mughal emperor Humayun in Tabriz in 1544. In 1546, Humayun asked Tahmasp to release Samad and his fellow Persian Mir Sayyid Ali from his service so that he could engage them…
Portrait from life painted in Kabul, attributed to Abd al-Samad, c. 1550–55, Humayun is seated, wearing the Tāj-i 'Izzat
Portrait from life painted in Kabul, attributed to Abd al-Samad, c. 1550–55, Humayun is seated, wearing the Tāj-i 'Izzat
Seal of Prince Humayun of the Mughal Empire, ca.1508–1530
Seal of Prince Humayun of the Mughal Empire, ca.1508–1530
Portrait of Humayun, wearing the Tāj-i 'Izzat headdress, in the Late Shah Jahan Album, painted c. 1640. Smithsonian Collections.
Portrait of Humayun, wearing the Tāj-i 'Izzat headdress, in the Late Shah Jahan Album, painted c. 1640. Smithsonian Collections.
The Mughal Emperor Humayun, fights Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, in the year 1535.
The Mughal Emperor Humayun, fights Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, in the year 1535.