Portrait of Nawah General Firoz Khan, early 18th century, 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. (20 x cm), Opaque watercolors and gold on paper, India, 18th century, This finely executed portrait of General Firoz Khan, a seventeenth century nobleman and member of the Golkonda court in the Deccan, demonstrates that Persian-inspired painting flourished at Golkonda before the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb finally conquered it in 1687. The rulers of the Deccan plateau were Muslim, like the Mughals, but whereas the Mughals were Sunnis and influenced by eastern Iranian and Central Asian painting

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