Khan Kilan
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1592
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Khan Kilan is a 1592 paint by Miskina, a Mughal Painting work, depicting Hunting, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a Mughal general named Khan Kilan riding a white horse. His soldiers follow in a line. The scene happens during a battle in 1572. One envoy pretends to talk, then stabs Khan Kilan in the shoulder. His men rush forward to help. The artist used bright colors to show the chaos. See this painting at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting in opaque watercolour and gold on paper illustrates an episode from the march of Mughal forces led by Khan Kilan to Gujarat in 1572, during the campaign to conquer the independent kingdom. The scene depicts an envoy of the Rajput chief Man Singh Deohra stabbing Khan Kilan in the shoulder during an audience, after which the Mughal general’s men kill the attacker and his companions. The illustration was designed by Miskina and painted by Kesav Khord, or Kesav the Younger, as part of the Akbarnama, the official chronicle of Emperor Akbar’s reign commissioned between 1590 and 1596.…
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Miskin (c. 1560 - c. 1604), also known as Miskina, was a Mughal painter in the court of Akbar I. The name 'Miskin' itself is a pen name. Miskin is recorded by the historian and grand vizier of Akbar, Abu'l-Fazl, in a…
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