Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c16.13

c16.13

of the portraiture and calligraphy, with the illuminated borders, devolving on Mir Hashim and his other assistants. A likeness of Hashim is not forthcoming, but an example of his painting taken from the same volume may be studied on Plate XXVIII. The remaining members of Faqīrullāh’s staff form an interesting group around the portrait of their master, the painters being differentiated from the writers by the character of the implements and materials that are placed before them. Four of his assistants are Muhammadans, the three others being Hindus; of the latter the keen-looking young man in the bottom right-hand corner of the picture is a Rājput. It is evident, therefore, that the school of painters under Shah Jahan still retained a fair proportion of indigenous talent, Hindu craftsmen continuing to be indispensable as in the days of Akbar and Jahangir.