Indian soldier of Tipu Sultan's army,
using his rocket as a flagstaff
By Robert Home (1752-1834)
Madras, c. 1793-4
https://t.co/izpJtFvo22
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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(Two views, close-up)
Iskandar (Sikandar) meets the Archangel Israfil while Khizr prays at the Water of Life
Folio from a copy of Firdausi's Shahnama (completed 8 March 1010),
made for
Nawab Sa'adat 'Ali Khan (r. 1798-1814) of Awadh
#Lucknow,
c.1797-99
https://t.co/8G9LdcTalo
The Mughal Emperor Akbar leading a lion and a ram on a leash
Opaque watercolour on paper
Unknown Artist
India, Eastern #Deccan, possibly #Machilipatnam
Circa 1780
https://t.co/TQD0oEbvEf
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Zumbouruckchee: Camel Artillerymen
from Zurmbooruck [Zamburak], a piece of Ordnance of small Calibre
#Metcalfe Album, 1843
https://t.co/3ifdbz81Np
"#Nadirshah utilized a zamburak corps...to devastating effect in battles including at the Battle of Karnal"
https://t.co/hXbDXlnbzI
(Close-up)
Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah [r.1580-1627] with a consort in a landscape
Attributed to the 'Dublin Painter' ('Hand A' of the Pem Nem manuscript),
inscribed at left by Mughal Emperor Jahangir 'shabihi surat ‘Adilkhan'
Deccan, #Bijapur, c 1590-1605
https://t.co/Suhi78fi9h
The East Offering its Riches to Britannia
Spiridione Roma (1737–1781)
Oil on canvas
1778
"Allegorical, oval-shaped ceiling piece commissioned by the East India Company for the Revenue Committee room in East India House"
https://t.co/42y51QUpvI
via @britishlibrary
Mir Miran, here with his father Mir Jafar, Nawab of Bengal (r. 1757-60 & 1763-65), was struck dead by lightning as he lay in his tent, #OnThisDay, 3 July 1760
https://t.co/KZ7YGSMpRp
This took place almost exactly 3 years after Mir Miran had ordered the killing of Siraj-ud-Daula
Exterior of Rock Temple, Karle [#Karla Caves, Karli, Maharashtra, from 2ndC BC] October 1804, drawing by Henry Salt https://t.co/GCTIjAB2MI
A Steamboat Ride on a #Lake, a lady steps onto a #steamboat aided by a prince, #Jaipur, #Rajasthan, mid-19th century https://t.co/0oQ2lfcqa7
A Troupe of Travelling Entertainers, #Delhi, circa 1820, from the Stuart Cary Welch Collection: https://t.co/ogxiXzY4fk @DalrympleWill