Mughal art

thumb|350px|An awards ceremony in Ibrahim Khan Lodi|Sultan Ibrahim's court before being sent on an expedition to [[Sambhal]] The Bāburnāma (; ) is the memoirs of Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It is written in the Chagatai language, known to Babur as Türki "Turkic", the spoken language of the Timurids.

seat of the Mughal emperors of India

The Akbarnama () is the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor (), commissioned by Akbar himself and written by his court historian and biographer, Abul Fazl. It was written in Persian, which was the literary language of the Mughals, and includes vivid and detailed descriptions of his life and times. It followed the Baburnama, the more personal memoir by his grandfather, Babur, founder of the dynasty. It was produced in the form of lavishly illustrated manuscripts.

particular style of South Asian painting confined to miniatures

Tutinama (), literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian. The work remains well-known largely because of a number of lavishly illustrated manuscripts, especially a version containing 250 miniature paintings commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 1550s. The Persian text used was edited in the 14th century from an earlier anthology 'Seventy Tales of the Parrot' in Sanskrit compiled under the title Śukasaptati (a part of katha literature) dated to the 12th century. In India, parrots (in light of their purported conversational abilities) are popu

thumb|200px|The Court of Akbar, an illustration from a manuscript of the Akbarnama The Ain-i-Akbari (), or the "Administration of Akbar", is a detailed document regarding the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl, in the Persian language between 1589 and 1596. It forms Volume III and the final part of the much larger document, the Akbarnama (Account of Akbar), also by Abu'l-Fazl, and is itself in three volumes.

thumb|"The Spy Zanbur Bringing Mahiyya to the City of Tawariq", from the Akbar Hamzanama

Jutti shoes|thumb The Juti or Jutti is a type of footwear common in North India, Pakistan, and neighboring regions. They are traditionally made up of leather and with extensive embroidery, in real gold and silver thread as inspired by royalty in the subcontinent over 400 years ago.

poem by Amir Khusrow

The Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In 1574, Akbar started a Maktab Khana or "House of Translation" in his new capital at Fatehpur Sikri. He assigned a group to translate the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana, and Mahabharata into the Persian language, the literary language of the Mughal court.

thumb|Abul Hasan and Manohar, with Jahangir in the Darbar, from the Jahangir-nama, . [[Gouache on paper.]]

Padshahnama or Badshah Nama (; ) is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I. Unillustrated texts are known as Shahjahannama, with Padshahnama used for the illustrated manuscript versions. These works are among the major sources of information about Shah Jahan's reign. Lavishly illustrated copies were produced in the imperial workshops, with many Mughal miniatures. Although military campaigns are given the most prominence, the illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the imperial court, depicting we

thumb|Shah Abbas I of [[Safavid Persia]] thumb|Sarpech (Turban ornament) with Safed chalwan back The sarpech (/, from Persian), is a turban ornament that was worn by significant Hindu, Sikh and Muslim princes. Sar means "head" or "front" and pech means "screw", giving the word "sarpech" the literal meaning "that which is screwed onto the front (of the turban)". The sarpech was also worn in Persia, where it was known as jikka or jiqa (), meaning "crest" or "tuft", and in Turkey, where it was known as the sorguch, a name considered a corrupt form of the Persian word .

thumb|Youth kneeling and holding out a wine-cup. Safavid period, early 17th century. Isfahan School. Ink and color wash on paper. Freer Sackler Gallery F1928.10. thumb|Some verses in Persian nasta'liq script, probably always a single page meant for a muraqqa; 16–17th century.

thumb|Shamsa at the center of Ardabil Carpet. [[Iran, 1539-40. Victoria and Albert Museum]] upright=0.8|thumb|Shamsa in the Book frontispiece|frontispiece of the [[Ruzbihan Qur'an. Iran, . Chester Beatty Library]] upright=0.8|thumb|Shamsa bearing the names and titles of Shah Jahan. [[India, c. 1630-45. Metropolitan Museum of Art]] In Islamic art, a shamsa (Persian: شمسه shamseh, Arabic: شمسة shums, Ottoman Turkish: شمسه [Turkish: Şemse]) is an intricately decorated rosette or medallion which is used in many contexts, including manuscripts, carpets, ornamental metalwork and architectural decora

17th century literary work describing a Hajj pilgrimage

The wine cup of Shah Jahan, the 5th Mughal emperor. (1657)

hand-woven floor covering from the Mughal Empire in India

paintings of delhi monuments by mazhar ali khan made into a book

1618 painting by Balchand

Mughal era painting in MAK collection

painting by Abu'l Hasan u

traditional South Asian footwear

thumb|Chandrahasa prays to goddess Kali. Chandrahasa () is a king of the Kuntala kingdom in Hindu mythology. The story of Chandrahasa is described in the Ashvamedhika Parva of the epic Mahabharata. Chandrahasa befriends Arjuna who was accompanied by Krishna guarding the ashvamedha ceremony of Yudhishthira. Chandrahasa anoints his son Makaraksha as the king and accompanies the army of Arjuna to help the ashvamedha.