Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts

Akbar Presiding over Discussions in the Ibadatkhana, from the Akbarnama (Book of Akbar)
approx. 1600–1603, attributed to Narsingh (Indian)
Opaque watercolors, ink, and gold on paper

Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, In 03.263b.
Photograph © The Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, www.cbl.ie.