Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Tuti-Nama (Tales of a Parrot)

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Prins Kushrau wenend in een landschap

anonymous

A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

India, Farrukhabad, Mughal, 18th century

Leaf from the Late Shah Jahan Album: Harem Night-Bathing Scene (recto); Calligraphy Framed by an Ornamental Border of Flowers and Birds (verso)

Mughal India, court of Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–58)

A prince conversing with a woman while taking refreshments on a terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

Mughal India

Hunting with falcons in a landscape; verso: Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish poems in praise of wine, Sultan Muhammad Nur (Persian, c. 1472–1536) and Mirza Muhammad (probably Persian, active c. 1520s)

Abd al-Samad

Paar onder een baldakijn voor een paleis

anonymous

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

Ruknuddin

The young man of Baghdad solicits advice from a friend as his slave girl, who is adept at music, awaits, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Forty-eighth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

The Brahman gives an account of his falling in love with the king of Babylon’s daughter to his friend, the magician, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Portrait of Raja Ram Singh of Amber (r. 1667-1688) with a Deccan Sword (recto); Calligraphy (verso)

India, Mughal court, 17th century

Shahr-Arai and her husband adopt her lover as a brother in the family, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Fortieth Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)