Mulla Muhammad Lari

Portrait of Mulla Muhammad Lari by Hashim, dated 1620. Located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

Mulla Muhammad Lari (Persian: ملا محمد لاری; died 1624) was a Bijapuri general from Lar in southern Iran. He died at the Battle of Bhatvadi.[2] His portrait by Hashim (fl. 1620 – c. 1660) is one of the first known depictions of the Iranian elite in the Deccan region.[3]

References

  1. ^ Overton 2020, pp. 42–43.
  2. ^ Overton 2020, pp. 56–57.
  3. ^ Overton 2020, p. 43.

Sources

  • Overton, Keelan (2020). "Introduction to Iranian Mobilities and Persianate Mediations in the Deccan". In Overton, Keelan (ed.). Iran and the Deccan: Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in Circulation, 1400–1700. Indiana University Press. pp. 3–76. ISBN 978-0253048912.