King Tulja Ram Smoking Hookah
TSM Accession: 2005-369
Pleach No: PIF/000DMP9
Title: King Tulja Ram smoking hukkah
Style: Golconda School – Deccani Miniature
Artist: Unknown
Medium: Water colour on paper
Dimensions: 27 x 18 cms
Period: 16th /17th century CE
Rights: Telangana State Museum, Hyderabad
Documented by: Pleach India Foundation, Hyderabad
King Tulja Ram is depicted seated on a royal chair, holding a huqqa pot in one hand. His name is inscribed in Persian script, reflecting a blend of nobility and communal aesthetics.
Wearing white Jama with orange Patka around waist, dagger is tucked within it. He wears ornaments, golden shoes & turban. Along with the chair a long sword has depicted. His consort, wearing red saree and ornaments in left downward showed offering something to the Raja. In front of him an ornate horse is standing. Urdu-Persian letters are depicted in such illustration. At the background is seen a Mahal with fort and greenery.
