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Description: | The Persian blue background and wide gold border of this painting are clear evidence of Persian influence. However the gold border is not in the graceful Persian "arabesque", but in a more formal Deccani style with rows of stiff flowers. The sultan wears a heavy, fur-trimmed, gold-brocade coat (a 'himroo') over his silver brocade 'jama', which is tied under the right arm in Muslim fashion. He carries a long western style 'ferungi' or Deccani sword and his right arm rests in the handle of a short 'katar' dagger. His turban is round and flat, distinguishing him from the court at Bijapur where conical turbans with wide bands were worn. Description Source: Information taken from Robert Skelton in Steven Hooper (ed.), 1997 & Margaret A Willey, 1995 (Revised 2000) | Subjects: | painting visual work painting miniature | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=842... | Go to resource |
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