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English: The grand vizier Shah Quli Khan presents a ring, attributed to Muhammad Sultani, Iran, dated 1694-95

Pigments, gold, silver, and ink on paper; sheet: 47.5 × 33 cm, image: 22.2 × 30.3 cm. St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, E-14, fol. 97r

Inscribed: “ U, ya sahib al-zaman” (“He, o Lord of Time”)

This courtly scene depicts Shah Quli Khan, grand vizier to Shah Sultan Husein (1694-1722) presenting a youthful courtier with a ring. The young man is holding out his right index finger ready to receive the ring. Shah Quli Khan is shown sitting on a printed cotton cloth, possibly of Indian origin. Strewn over the cloth are a dish full of gherkins (?), a lacquered pen box, a flask, and several books. In his hands he is holding a sheet of paper with the first few words of a text. Four young men are standing by close, following the event. Not by chance does the scene of the action, a collonaded veranda surrounded by a ballustrade, recall 'Ali Quli Jabbadar's depiction of Shah Sulayman smoking a hookah, which was undoubtedly the model here.

Ivanov has plausibly attributed the picture to Muhammad Sultani, although the style seems more like that of Muhammad Zaman. This is apparent in the slim tree with a thick, bushy crowns in the background, for example, in the bark of the trees closer to the foreground, and even in Shah Quli Khan's facial features. The inscription likewise appears to point to Zaman.