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Jahangir نور الدین جهانگیر

Celebrated Mughal miniature showing the Emperor Jahangir (جهانگير) receiving a holy book from a cleric. Below the cleric are the Turkish Sultan and the King of Great Britain (James I of England and James VI of Scotland) patiently waiting for trade. Shows the Emperor's priorities one supposes - or how he wanted to show them.

 

Painted by Bichitar a student of Abu'l Hassan.

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Uploaded on March 26, 2007
Taken on February 27, 2007