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Hamza Escaping, Illustration from a Hamzanama (Story of Hamza) Series
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This unfinished painting depicts Hamza, in the center, untying himself from a palace’s column. The large rectangles near the top and the bottom of the page were reserved for text. The illustration was part of a Hamzanama (story of Hamza), which recounts of the legendary, in most cases, fanciful exploits of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum William M. Prichard Fund
Title: Hamza Escaping, Illustration from a Hamzanama (Story of Hamza) Series
Description:
This unfinished painting depicts Hamza, in the center, untying himself from a palace’s column.
The large rectangles near the top and the bottom of the page were reserved for text.
The illustration was part of a Hamzanama (story of Hamza), which recounts of the legendary, in most cases, fanciful exploits of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad.
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