Hamza Escaping, Illustration from a Hamzanama (Story of Hamza) Series

This unfinished painting depicts Hamza, in the center, untying himself from a palace’s column. The large rectangles near the top and the bottom of the page were reserved for text. The illustration was part of a Hamzanama (story of Hamza), which recounts of the legendary, in most cases, fanciful exploits of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad.