The Emperor Shah Jahan Standing on a Globe

Mughal Court Mughal School Detached album folio; recto: Emperor Shah Jahan standing on a globe; inscriptions in Persian black nasta'liq script; verso: calligraphy panel, quatrain by Hafiz; Persian in black nasta'liq script; signature in the bottom cloud band; one of a group of 16 folios. Border: The painting is set in a pink, floral scroll inner frame and a gold outer frame mounted on paperboard with illuminated floral motifs. The calligraphy panel is set in an inner frame of cartouches with calligraphy and a pink floral scroll outer frame mounted on paperboard with illuminated floral motifs. Verso: Fighir Mir Ali Amal Hashim. Tarikh dovom Jamadi al-thani ruz doshanbeh seneh 38 shabih tayar shoud. "Work of Hashim. On the second of Jumada II, day Monday, year 1038, the portrait was executed." Elahi to in shah darvish dost ke asayesh khalgh dar zel-i oost basi bar sar-i khalgh payandeh dar betofigh ta'at delash zehdeh dar "Oh God, keep this king, the friend of the dervishes under whose shadow people's peaceful existance is maintained keep him for a long time [established over the people] keep his heart alive by the succor of obedience." Freer Gallery of Art Collection South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000) Nastaliq Calligraphy (September 23, 1982 to January 20, 1984) The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982) Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981) Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947) Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947) Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)