Shah Jahan riding, a miniature painting, 1628

Source: ebay, July 2012



A portrait of Shah Jahan, Dara Shikoh, Shah Shuja, Aurangzeb, and Asif Khan, from the Aga Khan Museum: *more information*; click on the image for a large scan

Source: http://www.akdn.org/museum/detail.asp?artifactid=1409
(downloaded Apr. 2011)





Depictions from 'Asia: the first part... The Vast Empire of the Great Mogol and Other Parts of India...' by John Ogilby, London, 1673

Source: ebay, Mar. 2013



A depiction by Chatelain from the 'Atlas historique', Amsterdam, 1707

Source: ebay, Mar. 2011

From "Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations," by Thomas Salmon, London, 1739

Source: ebay, May 2007

Shah Jahan embraces his son Aurangzeb, as imagined a century later, c.1750

Source: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?sid=&intObjectID=4483531&SE=CMWCAT03+626578+1884987609+&QR=M+1+7+Aqc0000900+609354++Aqc0000900+&entry=india&SU=1&RQ=False&AN=8
(downloaded Apr. 2005)

"SHAH JAHAN EMBRACING HIS SON AURANGZEB, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, Shah Jahan, embraces his son Aurangzeb, who bows before him, the sky populated by tiny cherubs, mounted on an album page, slight wear with some splitting confined to top edge, framed and glazed. Miniature 8¼ x 5½in. (21 x 14cm.)."

Shah Jahan, according to *PREVOST*, in the 1750's

Source: ebay, Aug. 2004

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