The gathering of dervishes with Prince Dara Shikuh

Painting, in opaque watercolour on paper, in yellow mount speckled with gold leaf, the visit of Prince Akbar, youngest son of the Emperor Aurangzeb (or possibly Dara Shikuh, eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan) to ascetics. The figures are seated cross-legged under a tree.

Kind

artefact

Date

1680–1689 CE