Basawan

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

Basawan · Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595

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)

Basawan · c. 1596

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

Basawan · c. 1560

The monkey slain, his blood to be used as medicine for the ailing prince he has bitten, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fifth Night

Basawan · c. 1560

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

Basawan · c. 1560

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

Basawan · c. 1560

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

Basawan · c. 1560

Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank

Basawan · c. 1600

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

Basawan · c. 1585; inner border added in Allahabad c. 1602; outer border added probably 1900s

A feast for Babur hosted by his half-brother Jahangir Mirza in Ghazni in May 1505, from a Babur-nama (Memoirs of Babur)

Basawan · c. 1589; outer margins added c. mid-1900s