apr 25, 1620 - Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings

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Watercolor, gold and ink on paper
Bichitr
Jahangir was named after a shaikh who predicted his birth.
**Image is allegorical> Halo behind head suggest emperorship and divine truth.
The most important figure on the left is the Shaikh who is receiving a book from Jahangir suggesting that the emperor prefers a mystic over the company of kings.
Below the Shaikh is the Sultan, hands joined in respect
Below the Sultan is King James I of England, shows a bit of arrogance and unease.
Lastly is the artist Bichitr (Hindu, because of the yellow robe he wears)
Would have been part of a muraqqa’ (album)
Bichitr was famous for painting hands

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