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Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c8: Chapter VII

Indian Painting under the Mughals, A.D. 1550 to A.D. 1750 c8

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Chapter VII

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LX. | Fig. 1. ‘Princes of the House of Timur’; British Museum; painted on cotton cloth probably by Abdus Samad *cir.* A.D. 1570 | 152

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| Fig. 2. Portrait of the Emperor Akbar, from Fig. 1 | 152

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LXI. | Fig. 1. Portrait of Shaikh Sa‘di, Persian writer and poet of the thirteenth century; painted *cir.* A.D. 1600; enlarged; Indian Museum, Calcutta, No. 33; size 5¾" × 3¾" | 153

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| Fig. 2. Portrait of Faizi (?), Akbar’s poet laureate; painted *cir.* A.D. 1600; enlarged; Indian Museum, Calcutta, No. 520; size 7" × 3¾" | 153

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LXII. | Enlarged portion of Plate XXXI, showing Miyan Tansen, the famous singer | 154 LXIII. | Portrait of Prince Dara Shikoh on horseback; painted *cir.* A.D. 1635; Indian Museum, Calcutta, No. 355; size 11½" × 7½" | 155 LXIV. | Fig. 1. Prince Shuja‘, the Emperor Shah Jahan’s second son; Indian Museum, Calcutta, No. 14061; size 6" × 4" | 156

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| Fig. 2. Sher Afghan, first husband of Nur Jahan; painted *cir.* A.D. 1605; Rampur | 156