Do you know The Advetures of Hamza?

Jens Nordlunde · 12th June 2016, 05:51 PM

This is mostly for collectors of Indian weapons, but I also think that others may enjoy it.

It is a book made for Akbar when he was small - made mid 16th century.
It is a kind of a 'cartoon', showing a lot of the weapons used then, besides from telling an interesting story.
Why dont you try to Google on it.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 12th June 2016, 11:25 PM

Indeed this is the Grimms fairy tale style exploit equivalent on steroids (with weapons!) illustrated and seen variously at https://www.google.com/search?q=the+...RGYyypEyhbM%3A

estcrh · 14th June 2016, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi

Indeed this is the Grimms fairy tale style exploit equivalent on steroids (with weapons!) illustrated and seen variously at https://www.google.com/search?q=the+...RGYyypEyhbM%3A

Cleaned up a bit.

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Alamshah cleaving asunder the chain of the wheel, painting 46 from volume 11 of Akbar's Hamza-nama (Adventures of Hamza), 1560's - 1570's
Northern India, Mughal court, Mughal Dynasty (1526-1756)

Jens Nordlunde · 14th June 2016, 10:30 PM

Here is a detail from plate 83

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 23rd June 2016, 07:55 AM

Akbar, the teenage emperor of northern India, was so enthralled by the epic he commissioned a group of Persian and Hindu artists to illustrate it and organise it into 14 enormous volumes, with approximately 1400 paintings.

The illustrations are painted on cotton and are huge, nearly one metre high. This massive artistic project took more than 100 artists, gilders, book binders and calligraphers 15 years to complete.
Shows Shahrashob Leads Hamza to Prison and Tul Mast Recognises the Amir from His Room in the Caravanserai of Baba Junayd, c.1557-1572.

Illustration from the Hamzanama Mughal c.1557-1572. © MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 25th June 2016, 03:53 PM

What is also interesting is the display of weapons used in the vast battle scenes...Below;From Wikepedia Quote "This large-scale painting depicts the Battle of Mazandaran. It is number 38 in the 7th volume of the Hamzanama, as inscribed between the legs of the man in the bottom center. It depicts a battle scene in which the protagonists Khwajah 'Umar and Hamzah and their armies engage in fierce battle. Originally, the faces were depicted; these were subsequently erased by iconoclasts, and repainted in more recent times. text on verso." Unquote.

12th June 2016, 05:51 PM	#1
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Do you know The Advetures of Hamza? This is mostly for collectors of Indian weapons, but I also think that others may enjoy it. It is a book made for Akbar when he was small - made mid 16th century. It is a kind of a 'cartoon', showing a lot of the weapons used then, besides from telling an interesting story. Why dont you try to Google on it.

12th June 2016, 11:25 PM	#2
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Indeed this is the Grimms fairy tale style exploit equivalent on steroids (with weapons!) illustrated and seen variously at https://www.google.com/search?q=the+...RGYyypEyhbM%3A Attached Images

14th June 2016, 10:30 PM	#4
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Here is a detail from plate 83 Attached Images

23rd June 2016, 07:55 AM	#5
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Akbar, the teenage emperor of northern India, was so enthralled by the epic he commissioned a group of Persian and Hindu artists to illustrate it and organise it into 14 enormous volumes, with approximately 1400 paintings. The illustrations are painted on cotton and are huge, nearly one metre high. This massive artistic project took more than 100 artists, gilders, book binders and calligraphers 15 years to complete. Shows Shahrashob Leads Hamza to Prison and Tul Mast Recognises the Amir from His Room in the Caravanserai of Baba Junayd, c.1557-1572. Illustration from the Hamzanama Mughal c.1557-1572. © MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art. Attached Images

25th June 2016, 03:53 PM	#6
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	What is also interesting is the display of weapons used in the vast battle scenes...Below;From Wikepedia Quote "This large-scale painting depicts the Battle of Mazandaran. It is number 38 in the 7th volume of the Hamzanama, as inscribed between the legs of the man in the bottom center. It depicts a battle scene in which the protagonists Khwajah 'Umar and Hamzah and their armies engage in fierce battle. Originally, the faces were depicted; these were subsequently erased by iconoclasts, and repainted in more recent times. text on verso." Unquote. Attached Images