In 1851-52, a Delhi artist painted the only known portrait of Bahadur Shah Zafar’s spiritual adviser Kale Miyan; the rare image reached the US art market in 2000 and sold in London for £63,500 in 2026
Ghulam Nasir al-Din, Known as ‘Kale Miyan’, and two attendants by a follower. (Photo credit: Christies.com) In the final years of Mughal rule in Delhi, an artist painted a portrait of Ghulam Nasir al-Din, a spiritual adviser to Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar. Known as Kale Miyan, he was a respected religious figure whose influence extended […]
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