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| Keywords: Muhammad Ali Beg.jpg I Şah Abbas tərəfindən Babur dövlətinə göndərilmiş nümayəndə Məhəmməd Əli bəy 1631-1632 Muhammad Ali Beg was the ambassador sent to the Mughal court by Shah Abbas of Iran arriving in time for the New Year festival in March 1631 He remained there until October 1632 during which time his portrait was painted by the royal artist Hashim The painting is inscribed in Persian likeness of Muhammad Ali Beg ambassador the work of Hashim possibly by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan It was later mounted on a page with margins decorated with flowering plants and insects for inclusion in an album for the emperor circa 1631 painted Opaque watercolour and gold on paper Height 38 7 cm page Width 26 4 cm page Height 23 9 cm picture without borders and rules Width 17 cm picture minus border and rules Victoria and Albert Museum Swallow Deborah and John Guy eds Arts of India 1550-1900 text by Rosemary Crill John Guy Veronica Murphy Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow London V A Publications 1990 240 p ill ISBN 1851770224 p 92/3 no 69 Susan Stronge Painting for the Mughal Emperor The art of the book 1560-1650 V A Publications 2002 pl 127 p 164 object history The folio is from a group of paintings acquired at auction in 1925 where they were sold as The Minto Album and subsequently divided between the Chester Beatty Library Dublin and the V A credit line 'shabih-e muhammad 'ali beg ilchi amal-e Hashim' 'likeness of Muhammad 'Ali Beg ambassador the work of Hashim' accession number IM 25-1925 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O16065/opaque-watercolour-muhammad-ali-beg/ PD-Art-100 Amal-e Hashim 1630s paintings from India | ||||
