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Painted in India between 1605-1615 AD, most probably by Aqa Riza, a Khorasani Persian migrant painter to India. The emperor is seated on a chair reading a book with a marginal inscription identifying him as 'Shah Babur'. The pose, costume and throne follow a Persian model, but the landscape details are characteristic of the early Jahangiri school. The portrait is done using ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. The original is currently housed in the British Museum.
Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively and ascended the throne in 1494. Babur's reign marked the beginning of a unified empire that would exert its dominance over India for almost three centuries.
Religiously, Babur started his life as a staunch Sunni Muslim, but he underwent significant evolution. Babur became more tolerant as he conquered new territories and grew older, allowing other religions to peacefully coexist in his empire and at his court. He also displayed a certain attraction to theology, poetry, geography, history, and biology—disciplines he promoted at his court—earning him a frequent association with representatives of the Timurid Renaissance.
Babur was an acclaimed writer, who had a profound love for literature. His library was one of his most beloved possessions that he always carried around with him, and books were one of the treasures he searched for in new conquered lands. In his memoirs, when he listed sovereigns and nobles of a conquered land, he also mentioned poets, musicians and other educated people.
Even though he died aged 47, Babur left a rich literary and scientific heritage. He authored his famous memoir the Baburnama, as well as beautiful lyrical works or ghazals, treatises on Muslim jurisprudence (Mubayyin), poetics (Aruz risolasi), music, and a special calligraphy, known as khatt-i Baburi. He was given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani or "dwelling in Paradise".
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