An African Nobleman

From the exhibition, India and the World: A History in the Nine Stories, held at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vatsu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai, from November 11, 2017 to February 18, 2018

Detail

A PORTRAIT OF AN AFRICAN NOBLEMAN
Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra
About 1605-10 A.D.
National Museum, New Delhi

Below is the description written by the museum.

“This portrait is inscribed with the name of Malik Ambar (1548-1626) who was born in Ethiopia and was sold into slavery as a young boy. He was brought by his owner to the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan, where he had an illustrious career in the military and rose to become prime minister and general of Ahmadnagar.”

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