Darbar of Alivardi Khan at Murshidabad's Court
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The painting depicts the durbar, or courtly gathering of Alivardi Khan, (r. 1740–56) ruler of the Indian state of Murshidabad. Alivardi Khan is seated at center left, beneath a canopy in a courtyard. He is surrounded by thirty-three members of the court, including noblemen and attendants. The lower part of the painting depicts the area outside the courtyard wall, which contains another eleven figures, who are chatting and smoking huqqa. Most of the figures in the painting are identified by small inscriptions near their likeness.
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