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Portrait of the superintendent of the royal stables, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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Portrait of poet Shaykh Zaman `Ali (above) and portrait head of a man in a cap (below), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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Portraits of a man in profile (above), and a man in three-quarter face (below), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of Raisal Darbari, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Red hibiscus

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Portrait of a man seated with a sword, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of Shah Jahan on a globe

Persian

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Women on a palace terrace with a panoramic view

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Begum Samru and her household

Delhi

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Folio from the Gulshan Album

Persian

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Old man with a small child, by Ṣādiqī (d. 1610)

Iran

Persian

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Kneeling man offering wine, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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Portrait of Shaykh Murtaza Mufti, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Come to me and I have a bird, from Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah Album

Unknown

Persian

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Young courtier, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Portrait of a man, by Shaykh `Abbāsī

Isfahan

Persian

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The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child above, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Prince at a hunting encampment

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Madonna and child, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Women playing on a rock slide

Lucknow

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Portrait of Awrangzib as a young prince, from an unidentified album

Persian

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Portrait of a young man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of Mirza Raja Jai Singh with his son Kunwar Ram Singh

Persian

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Portrait of a man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820-1879), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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Women visiting an ashram

Bijapur

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Portrait of a man sitting with hands folded, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Begum Samru and her army

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Portrait of emperor Jahangir with a straight sword, from an unidentified album

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Portrait of an older man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Woman standing in landscape, attributed to Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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Youth in gold trousers, by Reẓā `Abbāsī (d. 1635)

Persian

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Portrait of a seated man holding a rosary (tasbih), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Indian vulture

Persian

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Portrait of the superintendent of the royal treasury, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

Persian

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Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan with their ministers, by Bichitr (recto), foliate design in gold (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Persian

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Persian calligraphy (recto), equestrian portrait of Akbar (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Bukhara

Persian

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Portrait of a young man sitting cross-legged, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of Mahābat Khan (d. 1634) (right), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Herat

Persian

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Musician and acrobat, by Shaykh `Abbāsī

Isfahan

Persian

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Woman nursing a child

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Kanphata yogi with his dog, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Portrait of Shahnavāz Khan Ṣafavī (d. 1659) by Hāshim (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verse), folio from the Minto Album

Herat

Persian

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A Jesuit priest with a book, folio from the Salim Album

Persian

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Youth by a flowering tree, by Farrukh Beg (recto), Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Bukhara

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Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (recto), youth with swans and rabbits, by `Abd al-Karim (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Bukhara

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Portrait of a bearded man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of a young man holding a rosary (tasbih), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of a young man sitting cross-legged, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Qanun player with his cat, by Jagjivan

Persian

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Portrait of a nobleman in purple jama and orange turban (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mir `Ali (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Bukhara

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Portrait heads of a turbanned man (above), and a woman with an earring (below), from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Portrait of a seated man, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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Shah Jahan on a globe with his four sons, by Balchand (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mir `Ali (verso), folio from the Minto Album

Bukhara

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Portrait of a woman, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album

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