£500
Deccan
18th Century
Four members of the 'Adil Shahi dynasty, rulers of Bijapur, seated on thrones
Gouache on paper, red and yellow borders, identifying inscriptions in nasta'liq script within border with the rulers' dates of accession added in a European hand.
The four rulers run left to right in the order of their accession, with Yusuf 'Adil Khan, the founder of the dynasty in 1490, pictured largest and in the most ornate throne. Second is Ismail 'Adil Shah (reg. 1510-1534); third, Ibrahim I 'Adil Shah (reg. 1535-1558); fourth, 'Ali I 'Adil Shah (reg. 1558-1579), referred to as Kalan in the inscription.
Yusuf 'Adil Khan, a former slave, was originally a provincial governor for the Bahmanids, and was the first ruler to introduce Shia Islam into southern India. The dynasty was responsible for Bijapur's status as an intellectual and artistic centre. Their rule came to an end when the Mughals under Aurangzeb absorbed their territory in 1686. For the dynasty, see C. E. Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties, Edinburgh 1996, p. 325.
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