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Emperor Babur receives a visitor in this folio from the Baburnama (The Book of Babur). As the visitor bows, courtiers and attendants stand nearby, their attire and accessories along with a fly whisk, carpet, and tent depicting the opulence of royal life. The Baburnama This page is from The Tuti-Nama, a Persian book of fifty-two moral tales written in the early fourteenth century. The stories are told by a clever talking parrot, who speaks to a woman named Khujasta as shown in the illustration alongside the text. The Cleveland Museum of Art's copy of the manuscript was painted for Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) and represents the origins of Mughal painting. Akbar Hunting Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan Jahangir Mughal Empire: Jahangir, Akbar, and Shah Jahan ʿAbbās I Architecturally planned park landscape for an imperial residence containing an artificially meandering river and pavilions, an example of the ideal landscapes of Mughal India, miniature from a 17th- or 18th-century album; in the National Museums of Berlin.
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  • Aman Kumar
    Aman Kumar is an editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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Added an alternate translation of Padshahnama. Apr 13, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Apr 01, 2026
Invalidated site: Culturopedia - Mughal Painting. Apr 09, 2014
Add new Web site: Indianetzone - Mughal Art and Architecture. Oct 13, 2011
Article revised and updated. Mar 03, 2009
Added new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Mughal and Rajput Painting. Aug 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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