This painting, from an album complied for shuja al-dawla, a nawab of oudh, was produced at the end of the period of mughal greatness: mughal power and wealth and hence artistic patronage and production peaked during the reigns of akbar (r. 1556-1605), jahangir (r. 1605-27), shah jahan (r. 1628-57), and awrangzib (r. 1658-1707). Then, in 1739, the iranian ruler nadir shah sacked delhi, carrying back to iran the riches of the mughals – their library, treasury and even the fabled peacock throne. More than anything, this was a devastating psychological blow from which the mughals never recovered. Source: p632, chronicle of the world. Editor: jerome burne. Held by the chester beatty library, dublin. Object Type: manuscript illumination, folio, painting. Date: between 1707 and 1712. Place of creation: Mughal Empire. Dimensions: height: 302 mm (11.8 in) ; width: 195 mm (7.6 in). Depicted People: Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah I. Collection: Chester Beatty Library. Emperor Awrangzib Receives Prince Mu'azzam.
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