Hamza Kills a Tiger - from the Hamzanama

Illustration

Sikeena Karmali Ahmed
by Victoria & Albert Museum
published on 04 November 2024
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In the royal House of Books (Ketabkhana), which housed the library as well as being the place where manuscripts were created,

Hindustani artists and Persian calligraphers, bookbinders, and illuminators came together to work under two Iranian masters to produce a new style of painting - illustrations for books, that would give birth to the Mughal miniature style. Their first major project was the production of multiple volumes that tell the story of the fabled Muslim hero, Hamza.

Hamza kills a tiger, detached folio from the Hamzanama, gouache on cotton backed with paper, 1562 – 77, Mughal. Museum no. IM.5-1921. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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