ANON. Muhammad Shah (1719-48) stands on a terrace with Nawab Burhan al-Mulk (Sa'adat Khan), founder of the Oudh dynasty, the emperor holding a bow and arrow and the mouthpiece of a hookah borne by a youthful attendant. On the left, Sa'adat Khan is holding a letter in his left hand and a 'morchal' over his right shoulder. There is a river on the far side of the terrace and a verdant landscape beyond. Johnson Collection. 1720 - 1730. Opaque watercolour. Gouache. Source: J.4,4.
Muhammad Shah (1719-48) stands on a terrace with Nawab Burhan al-Mulk (Sa'adat Khan), founder of the Oudh dynasty, the emperor holding a bow and arrow and the mouthpiece of a hookah borne by a youthful attendant. On the left, Sa'adat Khan is holding a letter in his left hand and a 'morchal' over his right shoulder. There is a river on the far side of the terrace and a verdant landscape beyond. Johnson Collection. 1720 - 1730. Opaque watercolour. Gouache. Source: J.4,4.