"Portrait of Qilich Khan Turani", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album. Artist: Painting by La'lchand. Calligrapher: Mir 'Ali Haravi (d. ca. 1550). Dimensions: H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)W. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm). Date: recto: ca. 1640; verso: ca. 1530-50.The sitter of the portrait was governor of Lahore, and later became governor of Kabul and Kandahar after the latter was captured from the Safavids of Iran in 1637-38. Many portraits of the nobles who served under Jahangir and Shah Jahan were collected in this album; typical is the positioning of the figure against a plain green ground and the use of the profile view. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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