The House of Bijapur, ca. 1680, Made in India, Deccan, Bijapur, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Page: H. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm), Codices, Painting by Kamal Muhammad (active 1680s), Painting by Chand Muhammad (active 1680s), This image from Bijapur made for the last of its rulers, Sikandar, shown here as a young boy soon before the fall of the kingdom to Mughal conquerors in 1686, brings together all nine ‘Adil Shahi sultans in a dynastic assembly likely inspired by Mughal paintings illustrating the same idea
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