Akbar

This illustration to the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) depicts the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605) riding on a black horse through Surat in western India after taking the city in 1573. The painting is the work of Farrokh Beg, named in the contemporary inscription in the lower border.

Kind

artefact

Date

1585–1595 CE