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A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)
A charioteer riding through a…
Birth of Prince Salim
Birth of Prince Salim
Maharaja Man Singh of Jodhpur
Maharaja Man Singh of Jodhpur
Page of disasters, from the Tarikh-i Alfi (History of the Thousand [Years])
Page of disasters, from the T…
The goldsmith and the carpenter inform the king of a dream in which the golden images plan to desert the city for lack of worshippers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Third Night
The goldsmith and the carpent…
Text Page, Persian Prose (recto); The Story of Adam peace upon him, his Sons and Progeny (verso)
Text Page, Persian Prose (rec…
Collection of portraits of Mughal Emperors made by Colonel Gentil (H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Imam-i-‘Adil, Sultan ul-Islam Kaffatt ul-Anam, Amir ul-Mu’minin, Khalifat ul-Muta’ali Abu’l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar I Sahib-i-Zaman, Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah [‘Arsh-Ashyani], Emperor of Hindustan) this work was done
Collection of portraits of Mu…
Grotesque Dancers Performing
Grotesque Dancers Performing
The four portraits included here represent the fifth emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1628-58; upper left), and his sons Emperor Aurangzeb (reigned 1658-1707; upper right) and Dara Shikoh (reigned 1615-59), who is identified and dated by the inscription (lower left). The man on the lower right is not identified.
The four portraits included h…
The merchant’s daughter meets the gardener, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twelfth Night
The merchant’s daughter meets…
The dervish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The dervish brings in as dowr…
The vizier’s son receives the magic wooden parrot from the wife of the merchant, who is drunk, and has a replica made by a carpenter, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Tenth Night
The vizier’s son receives the…
Hulagu Khan giving a feast and dispensing favor upon the amirs and princes, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles)
Hulagu Khan giving a feast an…
Inkpot of the Emperor Jahangir
Inkpot of the Emperor Jahangir
The dervish brings the King of Kings before the king of Bahilistan, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Seventh Night
The dervish brings the King o…
Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali Ragini of Hindol, from a Bundi Ragamala
Lovers on a Terrace: Ramakali…
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword
A Courtier, Possibly Khan Ala…
Battle between Manuchihr and Tur, from a Shah-nama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934–1020)
Battle between Manuchihr and …
Royal Woman Holding a Flower
Royal Woman Holding a Flower
Zulaykha in her palace and as an old woman with Joseph, from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al- Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492) (recto)
Zulaykha in her palace and as…
The farmer, father of the son with the deceitful wife, steals away with her anklet while she is in bed with her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night
The farmer, father of the son…
East India Company (3) Governors - The Earl Cornwallis | Term of Office (1805–1805) (Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William)
East India Company (3) Govern…
Shahjahan riding past the palace
Shahjahan riding past the pal…
The queen of Rum watches the peahen prefer to burn rather than abandon her eggs while the peacock flees the nest, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-ninth Night
The queen of Rum watches the …