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A PORTRAIT OF MUHAMMAD SHUJA' KHAN
PROBABLY MURSHIDABAD, EAST INDIA OR POSSIBLY DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, his flywhisk bearer standing behind him, identification inscription above in black nasta'liq script, the reverse with folio or previous collection number
12 x 8 ½IN. (30.5 X 21.7cm.)
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Shuja' Muhammad Khan was the nawab of Bengal between 1727 and 1739 and ruled from Murshidabad.

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