Album of painting and calligraphy for Maoshu

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

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

Portrait of Shāhnavāz Khān Ṣafavī (d. 1659) by Hāshim (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verso), folio from the Minto Album. Many of the Mughal emperors ordered full-leng...

Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (recto), youth with swans and rabbits, by `Abd al-Karim (verso), folio from the Minto Album. A young man stands in a complex...

Shah Jahan on a globe with his four sons, signed Balchand (recto), Persian calligraphy signed Mir `Ali (verso), folio from the Minto Album. In this allegorical family portrait, S...

Portrait of Mahābat Khān (d. 1634) (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album. Zamāna Beg (d. 1634) was the son of a nobleman from Shiraz i...

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