Portrait of Murad Bakhsh (1624–61)

Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir

The Approach of Krishna. Page from a Rasamanjari

Portrait of Raja Bikramajit

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (P

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

The deceitful wife returns to her terrace after caressing her lover, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

The Parrot Addresses Khujasta at the Beginning of the Sixth Night, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

The deceitful wife ejects the procuress after blackening her face, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Maharaja Shri Anand Singh-ji and His Consort

A Royal Picnic on a Terrace

A mendicant bowing before a holy man, from the Prince Salim Album

Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1669–98) Receives a Courtier

The siege of Arbela in the era of Hulagu Khan, from a Chingiz-nama (Book of Chingiz Khan) of the Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) of Rashid al-Din (Persian, 1247–1318)

Shah Jahan holding a spinel and a long Deccan sword, from the Late Shah Jahan Album

Maharana Jawan Singh of Mewar (r. 1828–38) Holding a Falcon

A holy man prostrating himself before a learned prince

Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Pers

The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Maharana Bhim Singh of Mewar (r. 1778–1828) with a Consort

A Mounted Prince Hunting Lion in a Rocky Landscape

A Woman Plucks Leaves While Awaiting Her Lover: Gunakali Ragini of Malkos, from the “Chawand Ragamala”

The hunter throws away the baby parrots, who pretend to be dead, and captures the mother, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): text page

The young prince is crowned and the wicked handmaiden is executed, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night

Vabhruvahana Approaches Arjuna, page from the Khan Khanan's Razm-nama

The hunter offers the mother parrot to the king of Kamarupa, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Noli me tangere

A Monumental Portrait of a Monkey

The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, page from a manuscript of the Akbarnama

The Greedy Dog, from a lost manuscript based on the Anwar-i Suhayli or the Iyar-i Danish

Akbar visits the tomb of Khwajah Mu'in ad-Din Chishti at Ajmer

The Virgin and Child Attended by Angels

Jesus among the doctors in the Temple

Ghatotkacha and three demons in his company chase Bhagadatta, from Bhishma-parva (volume six) of a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines

A charioteer riding through a rocky landscape with an entourage of footmen and musicians, page from a Razm-nama (Book of Wars) adapted from the Sanskrit Mahabharata and translated into Persian by Mir Ghiyath al-Din Ali Qazvini, known as Naqib Khan (Persian, d. 1614)

Flowering Marigold (verso)

A Courtier, Possibly Khan Alam, Holding a Spinel and a Deccan Sword

Page from a Panj Ganj (Five Treasures) of Abd al-Rahman Jami (Persian, 1414–1492), with two Persian masnavis: Yusuf va Zulaykha (Joseph and Zulaykha) and Subhat al-abrar (Rosary of the Righteous) (verso)