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Nur Jahan holding a portrait of Emperor Jahangir

c. 1627
gum tempera and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Jahangir died at 58, outliving his younger brothers by about 25 years.

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