Art of India电子书

Defying Mihrdoukht, page from a Manuscript of the Hamzanama, 1564-1569.

Chronology

Lord Pathan on horseback, armed with a spear, c. 1720.

India and Its Art

Humayun Mausoleum

Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audience)

Arches in the Great Mosque Jama Masjid

Young girl with parrot

Episode from the tale of The Lynx and the Lion

Murder in a landscape

Cockfight

Davalpa mounted on a man

Episode from the tale of The False Ascetic

The arrival of Nanda and his family in Vrindavan

Portrait of Kishn Das Tunwar

Interior of the Sheesh Mahal (Hall of Mirrors)

Events during the Reign of the Abbasid Caliph al Mutasim

Hulagu Khan destroys the Fort at Alamut

Muzaffar Khan quells a revolt at Hajipur

Visit of a Sufi to a school

Zaal pleads with the Simurgh to save his son Rustam

Emperor Humayun

Cheik Abu Said Abil-Khair

Qur’an

Crossing the Ganges by Akbar

Ornate façade of the Akbar Mausoleum (detail)

Dara Shikoh (?)

Rama and Lakshmana Meet

European Scene

The Prophet Idris (Enoch)

Prince with a snack

Scholar in a garden, surrounded by servants and musicians

Prince Khusrau hunting

Calligraphic album page (Nasta’liq script)

Kakubha ragini

Megha Raga

Fight of two elephants

Assembly of six Muslim doctors

Akbar goes hunting

Persian on a hunt

Indian dignitary, perhaps Raja Suraj Singh

Persian noble and musician

Persian falconer

I’timad-ud-Daulah Mausoleum

Ornate façade of the I’timad-ud-Daulah Mausoleum

Three red tulips

Couple of imperial pigeons

Two butterflies on grass

Purple and white flower

A Mughal Prince

Ram

Flowers of two colours, blue and red

Two Portuguese during conversation

Bahadur Shah I (?) on an elephant

Muslim women in prayer

Indian princess surrounded by her attendants and musicians

Portrait of a Mughal Lady

Humayun and his brothers in a landscape

Taj Mahal

Two travellers in landscape

Composite elephant preceded by a div (demon)

Ram Singh of Amber

European lady

Emperor Shah Jahan holding an iris

Imperial Firman of the Emperor Aurangzeb

Mughal Painting

Durbar (court) of Shah Jahan in Lahore where he receives Aurangzeb (detail)

Prince Muazzam Shah Alam hunting

Niccolò Manucci

Azam Shah

Madava Swooning Before Kamakandala (front)

Madava Swooning Before Kamakandala (back)

Mullah Du Piyaza

Women in the country under a mango tree

Muhammad Khan Bangash

Lord in a winter coat with his wife

Addicts consuming bhang

Khosrow sees Shirin at the bath

Young lord in his zenana

Elephant

Horse

Princess at her toilette

Ladies on a terrace by the water’s edge

Aurangzeb at the siege of Satara

Sheikh Saadi and Khwaja Hafiz

Bajazet brought before the Emperor Timur

Yusuf arrives at Zulaikha

Bhairavi regini

Baz Bahadur and Rupmati

A Prince and his retinue hunting waterfowl

Nightlife scene in a royal zenana

Shuja Quli Khan on a terrace in the company of a lady

Nuns and musicians

Caravan of elephants

Prince on a terrace surrounded by six women

Ibrahim Adham, Sultan of Balkh, served by five houris

Swooning Madhava

Princess led by her servants to the nuptial bed

Guru Arjan Dev on a horse

Yogi at the edge of a river

The voyage of Zulaikha (detail)

Cavalier Kathi

Muhammad awakened by the archangel Gabriel

Shah Jahan hunting

Shah Madar surrounded by disciples

Yusuf going to meet Zulaikha

Shah Nimat ullah Wali

Durga mounted on a chimera

Rabia in the company of a yogini

Prince in his palace

Princess Padmavati

Couple on a terrace at night

Lady on a bed outdoors, accompanied by musicians

Safed 9 (moons 9)

Shamsher 4 (sabers 4)

Chang vazir (harp vizier)

Qimash 9 (cushions 9)

Indian prince smoking hookah

An Indian Prince

Emperor Jahangir receives members of his court

A woman visiting a yogini and her companions at night

Miniature Qur’an, signed and dated, with enamelled box, used as an amulet

A festival at the Nawab of Oudh’s Palace

Young prince hunting

Musicians and attendants on a terrace