Shahbaz Khan leads Akbar's forces through the Mewar hills, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Title:: Shahbaz Khan leads Akbar's forces through the Mewar hills, from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama), by Abu’l-Fazl

Calligrapher and production place:: Muhammad Husayn Kashmiri, Zarin Qalam
Agra

Description:: Shahbaz Khan leads Akbar's forces through the Mewar hills, folio from the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) by Abu’l-Fazl. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian text with tinted drawing (nim qalam), half of double-page composition inscribed to Dharm Das, Agra, India, c. 1603-1605. This is one of fifty-eight folios now detached from its codex (Chester Beatty In 03). Extensively illustrated, these form volume two and part of volume three of the biography of the Mughal emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605), composed by his court historian and minister Abu’l-Fazl `Allami.

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