The Adventures of Hamza Painting and Storytelling in Mughal India

Copiously illustrated in colour and b&w, brings together over sixty of the images from the illustrated version of the Hamzanama, originally produced during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605) – the illustrations being based on the text describing the exploits of Hamza, an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad; published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; texts by John Sellyer, Ebba Koch, Antoinette Owen, Rainald Franz, and Wheeler M. Thackston; includes glossary, notes, bibliography; Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.