File:Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah.jpg
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anonymous: Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah
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Wedding procession of Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This scene of a wedding party travelling by night depicts Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah of Golconda (r.1580-1612) bringing home his bride, the beautiful Hindu dancing-girl Bhagmati. Himself a Shia Muslim, Muhammad Quli had fallen in love with Bhagmati as a young prince. He would often ride out to visit her village, fording the sometimes dangerous Musi river to do so. |
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| Date | circa 1650 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | gouache with gold on paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022.200 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
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| Place of creation | Golconda | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/6980/9856/0/12395# | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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