ISLAMIC ART AND JEWELLERY HAMMER AUCTION JUNE 2025 | Jun 5, 2025
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MAHARAJA ALA SINGH, THE RAJAH OF PATIALA (B. 1691-D.1765), SEATED ON A HORSE, GOUACHE HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD ON PAPER

MAHARAJA ALA SINGH, THE RAJAH OF PATIALA (B. 1691-D.1765), SEATED ON A HORSE, GOUACHE HEIGHTENED WITH GOLD ON PAPER

Reference: ART3005870

He was born in 1691 at Phul, in present-day Bathinda district of the Punjab, in a Jat Sikh family to Chaudhary Ram Singh of Phulkian Misl. His father had six children, from eldest to youngest Dunna, Subha, Ala, Bakha, Budha, Ludha. The Chowdhriat of the Misl had been originally conferred on his ancestor Brahm by Babur, after the First battle of Panipat in 1526 AD.
27 by 20.5 cm.

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