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Abu'l-Hasan (or Abu al-Hasan; 1589 – c. 1630), from Delhi, India, was a Mughal painter of miniatures during the reign of Jahangir. Biography. Abu al-Hasan was the son of Aqa Reza Heravi of Herat in Safavid Iran, a city with an artistic tradition.
Abu’l Hasan quickly emerged as the emperor’s favored portraitist and was given the singular honor of painting the frontispiece for Jahangir’s memoirs, the Jahangirnama. It was for this work that Jahangir awarded him the title Nadir al-Zaman (Wonder of the Times), in 1618.
Abu'l-Hasan [1] (c. 1569 – 12 June 1641) entitled by the Mughal emperor Jahangir as Asaf Khan, was the Grand Vizier (Prime minister) of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. [2] [3] He previously served as the vakil (the highest Mughal administrative office) of Jahangir. [4]
Abu'l-Hasan Khan Ghaffari Kashani (Persian: ابوالحسن غفاری; 1814–1866) was an Iranian painter, miniature and lacquer artist, and book illustrator. When he became the Chief Court Painter, he also became known as Sani al-Mulk (صنیعالملک), meaning "The Crafter of the Kingdom." He was a student of Mihr Ali and a court ...
Among them Basawan, Farrukh Beg, Daulat, Abu'l Hasan, Mansur were the great Mughal artists, who made their own place in the Mughal court. The present paper is devoted to the great Mughal painter Abu'l Hasan, who was a prolific and eminent artist; and the emperor's artist. Jahangir honoured him.
To proclaim the Mughal emperor’s superiority, the artist Abu’l Hasan cleverly manipulated symbols of sovereignty. The globe, which represents earthly rule and alludes to Jahangir’s name (World Seizer), becomes the stage for his disingenuous bear hug of the smaller, less opulently dressed shah.
Jahangir’s claim that he could instantly recognize any painter’s work is a reflection of the rise of the individual artist. Many signatures are preserved on works from this period, with such masters as Bishan Das, Manohar, Abu’l-Hasan, Govardhan, and Daulat emerging as recognizable artistic personalities.
