Photo reproduction of twenty-four portraits of the Mughal empresses of Delhi, India, anonymous, 1895 - 1915

Title(s)

Photo reproduction of twenty-four portraits of the Mughal empresses of Delhi, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-00-5347-34

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘34. Vorstinnen van Delhi.’

Description

Deze foto maakt deel uit van een album. Ovale portretten van vorstinnen van Delhi omringd door bladranken, bijschriften in het Urdu. De koninginnen van de Mogolheersers van Delhi, wiens namen luiden als volgt van links naar rechts: 1. Sakina Khatun zaujah Amir Timur 2. Nagina Khatun zaujah Jalal ibne Murshid 3. Jamila Khatun zaujah Mohammad Mirza 4. Habiba Khatun zaujah Abu Sayyed Mirza 5. Anvar Zamani zaujah Umar Shaikh Mirza 6. Husaina Khatun zaujah Babur 7. Ruqaiya Sultan zaujah Humayun 8. Moni Mahal Begum zaujah Akbar 9. Akhtar Zamani zaujah Alamgir 10. Nur Jahan Begum zaujah Shah Jahangir 11. Taj Mahal zaujah shah jahan 12. Hasan Jahan zaujah Azam Shah 13. Ashraf Zamani zaujah Bahadur Shah 14. Mala Khatun zaujah Muhi-ud-din 15. Akhtar Taban zaujah Farrukhsiyar 16. Hasmat Sultan Rafi-ud-daulah 17. Shaukat Zamani zaujah Rafi-ud-darjat 18. [...?] zaujah Muhammad Shah 19. Sikandar Sultan zaujah Ahmad shah 20. Bahroz Bano zaujah Alamgir Sani 21. Kudsiya Begum zaujah Shah Alam 22. Taj Mahal zaujah Akbar Shah Sani 23. Zeenat Mahal zaujah Bahadur Shah Zafar 24. Hatim Zamani zaujah Mirza Fakhru Bahadur

Artist

• anonymous
• after painting by: anonymous

Place

Delhi

Dating

1895 - 1915

Material

• baryta paper
• cardboard

Measurements

height 212 mm × width 277 mm
height 244 mm × width 329 mm

What

• queen
• historical persons - BB - woman

Where

• Delhi

Who

• Saray Mulk Khatun
• Nagina Khatun
• Jamila Khatun
• Habiba Khatun
• Anvar Zamani
• Husaina Khatun
• Ruqaiya Sultan
• Moni Mahal Begum
• Akhtar Zamani
• Nur Jahan
• Hasan Jahan
• Ashraf Mahal
• Mala Khatun
• Akhtar Taban
• Hasmat Sultan Rafi ud-Daulah
• Shaukat Zamani
• Sikandar Sultan
• Bahroz Bano
• Kudsiya Begum
• Taj Mahal
• Zeenat Mahal
• Hatim Zamani

Credit line

• Gift of J.C.P. Bierens de Haan

Acquisition

gift 2008

Copyright

Public domain

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