Babur meeting with Sultan Ali Mirza at the Kohik River, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)
1590
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1590
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see two young princes on horseback meeting beside a river under a pale sky. One wears a red robe and turban, the other green; their armies wait in the distance. This painting shows Babur at thirteen, already leading men into battle. It’s from a handwritten book of his memoirs, made decades later for his grandson. The artist turned dry history into bright, crowded scenes—like a comic strip of empire-building. If you like this, look up the subject *Mughal school* next.
