The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting

Fig. 7: The Story of Haftvad and the Worm
Inscribed ṣuwwarahu Dūst Muḥammad (Dust Muhammad painted it)
Safavid, c. 1535-40
Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper
Folio: c. 47x31.8 cm
Image: c. 40.6x26.7 cm
Formerly fol. 521b of the Shāhnāma-i Shāhī

Collection of H.H. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, M. 199
Courtesy Aga Khan Museum, reproduced by kind permission