The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, page from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian,1247–1318)
1596
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1596
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a crowded battle scene: a Mongol leader on a white horse stares down a defeated enemy, while soldiers and horses fill the background. This painting was made 300 years after the battle it shows. Artists in Akbar’s court were blending history with new, lifelike details—faces, movement, even dust clouds. The diagonal layout pulls your eye through the chaos. To see more like this, look up mughal india, court of akbar (reigned 1556–1605).
