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# Painting

This illustration by the Mughal court artists La’l and Ram Das to the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) depicts the capture by Mughal forces of the city of Jalalabad (now in Afghanistan) from Qambar Ali, the governor of the fort. He submits and is then beheaded.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1585–1595 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-2-42-1896](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-2-42-1896) · Pramāṇa
