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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A HAMIR HATH SERIES STYLE OF SAJNU, NORTH INDIA, MANDI, CIRCA 1810-1820 Image 12 3/8 x 17 ? in. (31.4 x 44.5 cm.); folio 19 7/8 x 14 ? in. (50.5 x 37.4 cm.)
The figure seated on the throne in purple is Alauddin Khilji, the Sultan of Delhi who reigned in North India from 1296 to 1316. The figure standing before him is identified above in white Devanagari script as Mahima, a Mongol soldier, who was an ally of Hamir, the king of Ranthambore in Rajasthan (although Mahima appears more North Indian here than Mongol).
Mahima has delivered a message from Hamir to Alauddin which seems to be displeasing the latter as he has his finger raised. Several Mongol leaders were generals in Hamir’s army and fought Alauddin Khilji’s forces before finally being defeated when Khilji besieged Ranthambore fort in 1301 and killed Hamir after a long battle.
For comparable illustrations and further discussion on the series, see W.G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, 1973, Vol. I, pp. 360-362, Vol. II, p. 273, fig. 42(i),(ii). For another folio from this series which sold at auction, see Christie’s London, 23 September 2004, lot 167 and 25 May 2017, lot 73.