Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah of Golconda

This sensitive portrait by the artist Hashem depicts the ruler of Golconda, Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah (r. 1611-1625). Hashem was an artist in Mughal royal service, and was probably in the entourage of Shah Jahan when the prince was leading the Mughal armies against the rulers of the Deccan in the 1620s.

Kind

artefact

Date

1623–1625 CE