Hamza arrives in Mecca
1570
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1570
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Hamza arrives in Mecca is a 1570 paint by Unknown, a Mughal Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
We see a painting of a man arriving in Mecca. He's dressed in old clothes and has a big group with him. This painting is part of a big story called the Hamzanama. It was made for a king named Akbar. The story is about a hero named Hamza. To learn more, look up the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.
The painting depicts a central royal figure on horseback, distinguished by a turban plume and an aftabgir (sunshade) held above him, gesturing toward standing figures to his right. Behind them, a walled city with rocky terrain is visible, featuring a minaret positioned toward the right middle of the composition. All human and animal faces in the scene have been deliberately erased, likely in the 19th century. The work is an illustration from the *Hamzanama*, a Mughal court epic commissioned by Emperor Akbar, with surviving fragments of the original 1,400 illustrations now numbering fewer than…
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