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Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602)

c. 1596–1597 or 1604
Gum tempera and gold on paper

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A clerk records the amount of tribute that Babur received from conquered kings.

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