Kept a daily memoir that reveals a pragmatic and empirical bent and lays bare his preoccupations as a ruler, his thrill at the hunt, the poetry that informs his thoughts; he was at times sentimental and much given to wine and opium.

• Reigned 1605-1627; 4th in the line of Timurid succession
• An avid connoisseur of painting, with particular interest in portraiture and descriptions of the natural world
• Promoted creation of albums of individual leaves not necessarily tied to a single text

LOOK FOR:

• The bounded universe of single page paintings, surrounded by sumptuous borders
• Continued integration of European techniques and subjects
• Individualized expressions of emotion in drawings of people

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