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# Painting

This is a detached folio from an illustrated manuscript commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605). The manuscript was a translation into Persian, the language of the court and of the administration of the empire, of the memoirs of the emperor's grandfather, Babur.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1585–1594 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-271-1913](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-271-1913) · Pramāṇa
