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Ganger pedigree chart
(مخطط نسب جانجير)

Title	Ganger pedigree chart
Title Original	مخطط نسب جانجير
Publication Date:	1610- 1623
Publication Place	- Aga Khan Museum
Subject	Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	45 × 30 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	AKM151
Record ID	object;EPM;ca;Mus21;46;ar
Library Location	Aga Khan Museum
Date	1610- 1623
Notes	This genealogy depicts male figures from Bitjanjir, the fourth emperor of Mughal India (reigned 1605-1627). For the Mughals, history and lineage play an important role in establishing the legitimacy of rule, as well as high origin and culture. In the portraits, Janjir and his descendants show similar, idealized facial features, and their robes and turbans are decorated with fine fabric and precious stones, as if they were adhering to the special standard of the dynasty.
Sample Text	"Jangir Lineage Chart" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;46;ar

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Ganger pedigree chart

(مخطط نسب جانجير)

Publication Date 1610- 1623

Publication Place - Aga Khan Museum

Subject Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 45 × 30 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID AKM151

Record ID object;EPM;ca;Mus21;46;ar

Library Location Aga Khan Museum

Date 1610- 1623

Notes This genealogy depicts male figures from Bitjanjir, the fourth emperor of Mughal India (reigned 1605-1627). For the Mughals, history and lineage play an important role in establishing the legitimacy of rule, as well as high origin and culture. In the portraits, Janjir and his descendants show similar, idealized facial features, and their robes and turbans are decorated with fine fabric and precious stones, as if they were adhering to the special standard of the dynasty.

Sample Text "Jangir Lineage Chart" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ca;Mus21;46;ar