Portrait of Akanna Pandit, the king’s chief scribe (shahnawis-i kull) in the domain of Sultan Abul Hasan

Akanna Pandit is pictured up to his hips, turned to the right, his left hand raised as if holding something. Page 38 in the ‘Witsen-Album’, with 49 Indian miniatures of monarchs. Above the portrait a piece of paper with the name in Persian. Below the portrait a piece of paper with the name in Portuguese.

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Anonymous

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Rijksmuseum

Date :

1686

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