Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings is a Mughal miniature painting made around 1615 to 1618 by the court artist Bichitr for the Emperor Jahangir. It shows Jahangir seated on an hourglass-shaped throne, handing a book to a Sufi holy man while an Ottoman sultan and King James I of England wait below, unequal in scale to express the emperor's preference for spiritual over worldly rulers. Bichitr included a small self-portrait of himself in the composition's lower left corner. The painting is held in the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Year CreatedSource dates the work to a range, circa 1615 to 1618; earliest year used as Value. MediumGouache, gold and ink on paper 1 LocationFreer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 1 Medium
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings is a Mughal miniature painting by the Indian artist Bichitr for the court of the Fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir, dated to c. 1615-1618.
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Gouache, gold and ink on paper
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It is situated in the Freer Gallery of Art.
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This might indicate that the painting was presented to the emperor on his birthday.
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings is a Mughal miniature painting by the Indian artist Bichitr for the court of the Fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir, dated to c. 1615-1618. It is situated in the Freer Gallery of Art. It depi
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings is a Mughal miniature painting by the Indian artist Bichitr for the court of the Fourth Mughal emperor Jahangir, dated to c. 1615-1618.
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