A PORTRAIT OF THE SUFI SAINT ‘ABD AL-QADIR JILANI

DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A PORTRAIT OF THE SUFI SAINT ‘ABD AL-QADIR JILANI
DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the saint seats on a marble low chair, he wears a green turban and green robes, his head with a gold nimbus, two angels fly above his head, identified in red nasta’liq script ‘Mahbub Subhani’, with red borders, back with metal-thread woven cloth
10 x 7 ¾in. (25.4 x 19.7cm.)

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Lot Essay

Mahbub Subhani, as inscribed in red nasta’liq along the top of this painting, refers to ‘Abd al-Qadir Jilani, founder of the Qadiri order of Sufism. He was born in Jilan, south of the Caspian sea in Iran, in 1077-78 AD.

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