. राम द्वारा त्रिशिरा का वघ और खर का आगमन , हमीदा बेगम की रामायण का चित्र . English: Lot Description Rama slays the demon Trishiras Mughal India, 1594 AD Folio 146 recto, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the centre ground with the figure of Rama slaying the demon Trishiras with arrows, other demons lying dead in the foreground, a small group standing top left with their leader Khara holding a mace, four lines of flowing black nasta'liq text within two panels, verso with 18ll. of text within red and gold outlines, minor flaking of paint Miniature 13 x 8¼in. (33 x ); text area 9½ x
. राम द्वारा त्रिशिरा का वघ और खर का आगमन , हमीदा बेगम की रामायण का चित्र . English: Lot Description Rama slays the demon Trishiras Mughal India, 1594 AD Folio 146 recto, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the centre ground with the figure of Rama slaying the demon Trishiras with arrows, other demons lying dead in the foreground, a small group standing top left with their leader Khara holding a mace, four lines of flowing black nasta'liq text within two panels, verso with 18ll. of text within red and gold outlines, minor flaking of paint Miniature 13 x 8¼in. (33 x ); text area 9½ x 5½in. ( x ) Special Notice VAT rate of 5%%%% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium. Pre-Lot Text Five folios from the Ramayana associated with Hamida Banu Begum, the mother of the Emperor Akbar, dated 1594 AD The manuscript from which the following five lots originate is the most important Mughal work to have come to light in recent years. From the colophon we learn that it was 'translated by the order of his Royal on the 27th of the month of 'abadan ilahi' corresponding to the 25th of the month of Sha'ban, of the year 1002 (16 May 1594)', in other words during the reign of the Emperor Akbar. It appears from two notes in the manuscript that it belonged to his mother Hamida Banu Begum, the wife of the Emperor Humayun, which suggests that it was made expressly for her, perhaps on the orders of her son. Akbar was illiterate but his mother was not. When she met her future husband at the age of 14, she was educated. Her literacy is attested by three letters in the British Museum and her seal is found on other manuscripts, such as a Divan of Shahi. The Ramayana is a Hindu epic translated into Persian. It concerns the saga of Rama and his faithful and devoted wife Sita. Rama was the eldest son of King Dasaratha and the seventh incarnation o
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