Alamgir at a Jharokha window Lithographs from India now in the collections of

now in the collections of the Chester Beatty (19 paintings) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (21 paintings)

His tomb in Samarkand was opened by a Soviet anthropologist Mikhail Gerasimov in 1942

Khusrau rebelled against Jehangir to secure the throne for himself

It was only fifteen years later that Humayun

and this zest for accuracy is reflected in the painting here

Alamgir at a Jharokha window Lithographs from India now in the collections ofIn this painting we see, Aurangzeb, the devout Muslim ruler in profile, with a downward gaze, performing a prayer. Seen through a jharokha window he is also flanked by two nobles. Dressed in stark white garments, his appearance is in sharp contrast to the golden radiance of the halo and grandeur seen in some of his earlier paintings. He only took to austerity as he grew older and moved to the Deccan. For him, there was no greater personal