Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
c 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on handmade card stock, 10 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (270 x 197 mm), the full sheet. Margins and verso are washed in tea, with minor scattered surface soiling and some areas of light, scattered discoloration. The top right and bottom left corners are very slightly dog-eared, well outside of the image area. Colors remain fresh and well saturated.
Mirza Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (30 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir ("Conqueror of the World'), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627. He was the third and only surviving son of Akbar and his chief empress, Mariam-uz-Zamani, born to them in the year 1569. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti.
— Singh, Pashaura; Fenech, Louis E., eds. (2014). The Oxford handbook of Sikh studies. Oxford University Press. p. 647. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8.
Item number: 919
Price: $1,200.00
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