The 38th painting in the seventh volume of the
Hamzanama, an illustrated story of the fantastic exploits of
Hamza, the uncle of the prophet of
Islam,
Muhammad. Commissioned by the
Mughal emperor
Akbar the Great in the late 16th century, it depicts a scene from the Battle of Mazandaran, in which the protagonists Khwajah 'Umar and Hamza and their armies engage in fierce battle. The faces seen here were repainted some time after having been erased at one point by
iconoclasts. The entire work consists of 1,400 folios, with the painting on the
recto side and text written in
Nastaʿlīq script narrating the story on the verso.
Artist: Unknown