Rajput, Kangra and Mughal style paintings (15th-19th century), India.
(Unknown). Mughal Flower Painting. 1700s.
Bombay Painter (probably Abdul Hamid Naqqash), Sultan Ali Adil Shah II slays a Tiger, ca. 1660.
Source: metmuseum.org
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Emperor Humāyūn (نصیر الدین محمد همایون); seated in a landscape (detail), Mughal, c. 1650.
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Anonymous. Fort Salimgarh and the Red Fort, Delhi, ca. 1858.
Ganesh Gaj (கணேஷ்), unknown Mughal (முகலாய) rider, {முகலாயப் பேரரசு}.
Jali screen (Carved red sandstone), second half of the 16th century [Mughal], probably from Fatehpur Sikri, India.
Shah Jahan (શાહજહાં); with his Prime Minister. Arthur M. Sackler Collection. 1650.
Padshahnama. Shah Jahan Receives Persian Ambassadors. 1636.
Basawan. The Flight of the Simurgh. 1590.
An illustrated manuscript of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan attending the marriage procession of his eldest son Dara Shikoh. Mughal-Era fireworks were utilized to brighten the night throughout the wedding ceremony (c.1740).
Subai Mughal miniature painting; The Courtesan, 16th century, India.
Source: exoticindiaart.com
Hamza-Nâma
The Hamzanama (حمزه نامه, Epic of Hamza) or Dastan-e-Amir Hamza (داستان امیر حمزه, Adventures of Amir Hamza) narrates the legendary exploits of Amir Hamza, the uncle of the prophet of Islam, though most of the story is extremely fanciful, "a continuous series of romantic interludes, threatening events, narrow escapes, and violent acts". In the West the work is best known for the enormous illustrated manuscript commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in about 1562.
The text augmented the story, as traditionally told in dastan performances. This romance originated more than 1,000 years ago, probably in Persia, and subsequently spread throughout the Islamic world in oral and written forms. The Dastan (story telling tradition) about Amir Hamza persists far and wide up to Bengal and Arakan (Burma) due to Hamza's wide traveling in Persia, Central Asia, eastern India, Himalayan region, Bengal delta, Manipur, Burma and probably in Malaysia in his youth or before he embraced Islam in 616.