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Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg of Hansi with his household
June 30, 1820
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Akbar Shah II 1806–1837
Sayyid Mirza Azim Beg of Hansi with his household
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Fig. 76: SAYYID MIRZA AZIM BEG OF HANSI WITH HIS HOUSEHOLD, 1820- 30. The painting is from an album compiled from drawings done by Col. James Skinner's artists at Hansi and Delhi with the involvement of Ghulam Ali Khan. Saivid Mirza Azim Beg of Hansi is seated on a cane-stool with his vakil Dai Lal, his munshi Kisan Lal, and his kitmutgar or servant Pir Bakhsh. Mirza Azam Beg according to the inscription was a Jagırdar at Hansi and was then 108 vears old; in his vouth he had been a great champion. Hatorcolour aná bodwolour, British Library, London, Add Or.1265.
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