DELHI, NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN ALBUM PAGE: KHIZR KHAN AND DEVAL RANI
DELHI, NORTH INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, each riding a horse in a mountainous landscape, he on a grey horse, facing left and richly attired, holding the reins in his left hand and raising the right hand, a servant on foot following, she on a chestnut horse, facing him and draped in a green veil, a footman behind, laid down on card, framed in green, gold and blue borders, between red, gold and green rules, with gold floral borders, identified twice in gold and black nasta'liq script
Page 16 5/8 x 11 ¼in. (42 x 28.5cm.), illustration 7 ½ x 4 5/8in. (19 x 11.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

The story of Khizr Khan and Deval Rani tells the tragic romance between the son of 'Ala al-Din Khilji, Sultan of Delhi, and the daughter of the Hindu king Karna of Nahrwala. It was by Amir Khusraw (d. 1325 AD) in the form of a masnavi.

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