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| Keywords: Farrukhsiyar.jpg en A portrait of Muhammad Farrukhsiyar Padshah the reverse with calligraphy by Muhammad Musa Husayni Tirmadhi Deccan India dated 11th Ramadan 1124 / 12th October 1712 Gouache on paper laid down on stout paper with uncoloured border inscribed at the margins in black nasta'liq the verso with three couplets of diagonal nasta'liq above a horizontal single line the ruler and an attendant seated on a terrace within a lotus pond a palace in the background This miniature is an elegant moonlit portrait of Muhammad Farrukh Siyar Padshah smoking a hookah with a female attendant The lotus pond before them has been rendered in subdued tones of grey and silver now oxidized A reflection of the moon is also visible in the pond that is teeming with fish and even a crocodile Muhammad Farrukh Siyar 1697-1719 reigned as Mughal emperor from 1712 to 1719 His rule was sadly marred by internal strife and the growing power of the British East India Company He was deposed and blinded in 1719 after Husayn 'Ali took control of the Deccan and a new monarch Rafi' al-Darjat was proclaimed emperor Several months later the ill-fated Farrukh-Siyar was strangled The outer borders of this portrait are inscribed with Persian verses praising the 'black eyes' of the female attendant and mentioning the 'water-pipe' but they are without further reference to the painting The verso of the album page is inscribed with three couplets from a ghazal in Persian and signed It was written on the eleventh day of blessed Ramadan the first regnal year of Muhammad Farrukh Siyar 12th October 1712 the Triumphant King by the needy Muhammad Musa Husayni Tirmadhi Muhammad Musa is recorded as a scribe of the Muhammad Shah period 1131-61/1719-48 who wrote in the style of Mir 'Imad A calligraphic page by him is recorded in the Archaeological Museum of Delhi whilst other examples of his work are illustrated in Mehdi Bayani Ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan-e nasta'liq vol viii Teheran 1348 p 841 1712-10-12 http //search sothebys com/jsps/live/lot/LotDetail jsp lot_id 4FGLL downloaded May 2005 http //www columbia edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/latermughals/farrukhsiyar/farrukhsiyar html Muhammad Musa Husayni Tirmadhi PD-art-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Farrukhsiyar 1710s paintings from India Reflections in ponds Water reflections in art | ||||
