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Ustad Mansur, active c. 1600-20.
A chameleon 1612

(Royal Collection, HM EII)

Ustad Mansur was the leading animal painter at the court of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (reg.1605-27), who bestowed upon him the honorific Nadir al-Asr, ‘Wonder of the Age’.

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2021-10-28

Lady with Flower and Fly Whisk’
Mughal painting, c. 1630 David Collection
Transparent jama, peshwaz, angrakha? What's correct name of dress? Even though parda was there in mughal harem, still many portraits show women

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2021-10-26

of the Harivamsha into Persian so that non-Hindus would be able to read it. When India was a far more cosmopolitan entity in c.1590 with the world at its doors.
1.from the Harivamsa 'Krishna in combat with Indra'. Opaque watercolour and gold on paper. Mughal Empire, c.1590

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2021-10-23

Emperor Akbar who commissioned a translation of the Harivamsha into Persian so that non-Hindus would be able to read it. Here Shiva destroys Andhaka' Opaque watercolour and gold on paper. Mughal Empire, c.1590.

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2021-10-21

Mughal men admiring the miraculous ice lingam at the Amarnath.
Ca:- 1600 AD, via .

Who says Amarnath cave was discovered in 1850?
Devotees have been visiting Amarnath for centuries now.

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2021-10-18

Exquisite portrait of a teenage Dara Shukoh, bare torso and simple lungi, sitting in a gomukhasan yogic pose. The prince had a lifelong engagement with Sufism as well as Hinduism

Mughal, 1640-55, probably Warren Hastings collection, sold at auction

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2021-10-12

From the illustrated Persian translation of Zakariya ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwini's ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt' (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing). Provincial Mughal India, 17th century.
https://t.co/geqvXoB54B

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2021-09-22

stilling the storm on the Sea of Galilee OR St. Thomas crossing to India. Beautiful border with illustrations. 2nd half 17th cen from

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2021-09-22

As season begins to change, it is time to repot seeds for the winter season.
1588 AD by artist Mahesh, made at for Emperor Anwari Diwan (Collection of Works), now at
'It is the Day for Gardening'.

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2021-09-21

Today (21st Sep 1687), the Timurid - Mughals under the command of Aurangzeb capture the fort of Golconda after an 8 month long siege.

This victory expanded the Mughal domains further south & brought to an end the Qutb Shahi dynasty.

Grootmogol Aurangzeb, Luyken, Amsterdam, 1693

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2021-09-21

Different types of miniatures:

-Ottoman (Istanbul).

-Safavid (Shiraz).

-Timurid (Herat).

-Mughal (Delhi).

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Khalij Bird.
This engraving is from William Kirkpatrick's 'An Account of the Mission to Nepal in 1793' first edition of 1811, at sale of 14th September.
To know more about William Kirkpatrick, read 's '#WhiteMughal'.

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2021-09-12

Scenes from a Mughal Garden-
Late Mughal Masterpieces from the Sir John Soane Album
Sir John Soane Museum

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2021-09-11

Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558-1603), born 7 September 1533, sent this letter to the
Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605)
The letter was carried by John Newbery and Derby-born London leather merchant Ralph Fitch.
They set sail on the ship Tiger on Shrove Tuesday, 1583

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2021-09-08

British army officer Claude Martin was also a patron of botanical art and trained Mughal artists to paint plants and animals. A new book brings together the early attempts to document the subcontinent’s flora and fauna.

Read here: https://t.co/MvwbfBC4KS

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2021-09-02

By a master artist working for William Fraser; Tax collectors&village elders; Fraser Album Delhi/Haryana ca.1810–20,Pvt collection from Princes &Painters in Mughal Delhi,1707–1857(Asia Society&Yale) by & Yuthika S.

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Harivamsa (Genealogy of Krishna): The Birth and Escape of Krishna
Mughal period About 1590

MFA Boston Museum of Fine Art
https://t.co/dXtyV0NHzU

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2021-08-31

431 years old Mughal style miniature painting of Lord Shri lifting Govardhan mountain is from translation manuscript of an ancient book 'Harivansha' containing Shri Krishna biography commissioned by Mughal emperor during 1590-95.Painting by Akbar's artist

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2021-08-30

What though the field be lost
All is not lost.
The unconquerable will & courage
Never submit or yield.

Apt words for the Timurid-#Mughal Emperor who despite facing numerous trials, succeeded in the end through sheer will & courage.

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