HA227: Indian Painting

26 September 2002

Shah Jahan: The Ruler of the World

1a: Portrait of Shah Jahan, Padshahnama, Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Mughal,

ca.1657
1b: Portrait of Timur, Padshahnama

2a: Rosette (Shamsa, “little sun”) Bearing the Name and Titles of Emperor Shah
Jahan, opening page from the Kevorkian Album, opaque watercolor on paper,
15-1/8 x 10-1/2 in., Mughal ca.1645 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC)

2b: Shamsa, one of a pair from opening page of Padshahnama

3a : Shah Jahan, Master of the Globe, Mughal, 1629* (see Beach, fig.107)

3b: Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan with the minister and Prince Dara Shikoh,
Mughal, 1630-40

4a : Red Fort, Delhi, 1639-1648

4b : Procession Scene, Mughal, 17th c.

5a: View of buildings at Red Fort, including Diwan-I-Khass, Hall of Private
Audience

5b: Detail, Diwan-i-Khass

6a: detail

6b: HOLD

7a: The Weighing of Shah Jahan on his forty-second lunar birthday, Padshahnama

7b: detail

8a: Shah Jahan on Peacock Throne, attributed to Govardhan, opaque watercolor
on paper, folio: 14-1/4 x 10 in., Mughal, ca.1635 (Harvard University Art
Museums)

8b: detail, Shah Jahan

9a: Diwan-I-Khass inlay detail

9b: Peacock Throne border detail

10a: Detail, Shah Jahan face

10b: Mughal jeweled necklace

11a: detail, throne

11b: detail, throne

12a: Jahangir receives Prince Khurram, Padshahnama