Jehangir preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings Frame:C-Shape Ebony Finish Frame with Gold Lining Nanha’s forte was portraiture and

Nanha’s forte was portraiture and real-life genres has very skilfully rendered this painting of the then future emperor Shah Jahan admiring jewels with his favorite son

Russia and UK both contested for control of the regions in what became known as the Great Game and Persia was eventually divided into spheres of Russian or British influence regardless of her national sovereignty

This particular painting was formerly part of the Dent Collection

These “seamlessly cast globes continued to be made in Lahore up to the mid-19th century

The eldest son was not the natural heir and succession was usually decided with bloody wars

Jehangir preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings Frame:C-Shape Ebony Finish Frame with Gold Lining Nanha’s forte was portraiture andIn this very interesting allegorical work, a subject of many interpretations, Jahangir is seen offering a book to Shaikh Husain of the Chishti Shrine, a spiritual descendant of Shaikh Salim, to whom Akbar had gone in the hope of an heir. The prayer was answered, and at birth the prince, later Jahangir, was named Salim in honour of the saint. The principal inscription of the painting tells us that even though Shahs and Kings stand before the Mughal