The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.73
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c17.73
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v4.c17.73
When Sir Thomas Roe presented to him an English miniature, the emperor offered to wager that a court painter would copy it so exactly that Roe would be unable to distinguish the original, and the ambassador had in fact to scrutinise the pictures carefully.²