Bairam Khan is Assassinated by an Afghan at Patan

This illustration to the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar) depicts the assassination of Bairam Khan by Afghans beside the lake at Patan, north-west India, in 1561. Bairam Khan was a general and friend of the emperor Humayun, father of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r.1556–1605).

Kind

artefact

Date

1585–1595 CE