DARA SHIKOH-MUGHAL EMPIRE-INDIA-SIPIHR [After VALENTIJN-VOC, 1724]

DARA SHIKOH-MUGHAL EMPIRE-INDIA-SIPIHR [After VALENTIJN-VOC, 1724]

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Dara Sjecoer. Sepe Sjecoer, soons soon van Dara Sjecoer. – This scarce original antique print shows Dara Shikoh and Sipihr Shikoh. Dara Shikoh was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Sipihr Shikoh was a Mughal prince as the fourth son of Crown Prince Dara Shikoh and his consort Nadira Banu Begum. Text on verso.

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Dara Sjecoer. Sepe Sjecoer, soons soon van Dara Sjecoer.

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 20,5 x 31,6 cm. Image size: 18 x 14,3 cm.

From the monumental work by François Valentyn: “Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën, vervattende een naaukeurige en uitvoerige verhandelinge van Nederlands mogentheyd in die gewesten”. Dordrecht/Amsterdam: J. van Braam en G. onder de Linden, 1724/1726. (Transl.: Old and new East-Indies, including an accurate and extensive description of Dutch / VOC controlled territories.)

Made by an anonymous engraver after Francois Valentijn / VOC sources.

Condition: Good, given age. Text on verso shining through. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: DARA SHIKOH-MUGHAL EMPIRE-INDIA-SIPIHR

PCOM-A10-07

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Dimensions 20 × 20 × 1 cm

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