1. Woman nursing, detail from
"The Encampment," Safavid (Persian),
by Mir Sayyid Ali, ca. 1540.


2-3. Babur-Nama: Babur supervising the construction of a garden in Kabul, painted during Akbar's reign,
ca. 1590




3. Babur-Nama


4. Tuti-Nama: A storm at sea,
ca. 1560




5. Hamza-Nama: Hamza's spies scale the walls
and attack a city, ca. 1565-80


6. Hamza-Nama: Banquet for 2 spies




7. Anwar-i-Suhaili, ca. 1590,
Raven addresses animals




8. Anwar-i-Suhaili, ca. 1590,
Ape outsmarts thieves


9. Akbar-Nama, ca. 1590, Akbar rides elephant across bridge of boats


10. Akbar-Nama, ca. 1590,
Seige of Ranthambhor


11. Akbar-Nama, ca. 1590,
Akbar kills a tiger


12. Akbar-Nama, Abul Fazl presenting
the Akbar-Nama to Akbar



13. Akbar-Nama, Akbar at the Shrine
of Muinuddin Chishti in Ajmer


14. Akbar-Nama,
Death of Adam Khan


15. Akbar-Nama,
Jesuits visit Akbar


16. Sketch of Akbar as a young man


17. Sketch of Akbar in middle age


18. Akbar in old age, ca. 1604


19. Jahangir-Nama, ca. 1605-10,
Birth of a prince, probably Jahangir's birth
at Fatehpur Sikri


20. Jahangir-Nama, ca. 1620,
Jahangir in Durbar


21. Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri (Memoirs of Jahangir), ca. 1615, Prince Khurram (later Shah Jahan) being weighed against metals


22. "Jahangir's Dream," J'gir embracing Shah Abbas of Persia while standing on a globe,
by Abul Hasan


23. Jahangir enthroned on an hourglass,
by Bichitr


24. Nur Jahan (perhaps)


25. Portrait of Asaf Khan
(son of Itimad ud-Daula and brother
of Nur Jahan)


26. Shah Jahan as a Prince (ca. 25 years old)
holding a turban ornament, ca. 1617


27. Shah Jahan with Dara Shikoh
(his eldest son)


28. The 3 younger sons of Shah Jahan: Shuja, Aurangzeb, and Murad Bakhsh


29. Sketch of Shah Jahan using a matchlock


30. Padshah-Nama:
Shah Jahan in Durbar with his sons, ca. 1650