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A Floral Fantasy of Animals and Birds (Waq-Waq)
early 1600s. India, Mughal. © The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exterior View of the Fort Complex.
© Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Michael Peuckert
Chiterin: An Illustration of the Nur Jahan Episode
© Bharat Kala Bhavan, Varanasi.
Portrait of Nur Jahan Holding a Gun
by Abul- Hasan Nadiruz Zaman, c. 17th century CE. © Rampur Raza Library.
Silver Rupee with Nur Jahan and Jahangir’s Names
1625–28 CE. H. Nelson Wright, Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta
Jahangir and Prince Khurram Entertained by Nur Jahan
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
Portrait to Be Worn As a Jewel, likely of Nur Jahan
seventeenth century. Harvard Art Museums
Posthumous Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Under a Canopy
(recto), c. 1650. India, Mughal. © The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Mausoleum of I’timad ud-Daula
19th- century image of the exterior approach © Aga Khan Trust for Culture /Samuel Bourne
Maqbara-i Jahangir, General View from the North
© Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Tomb of Nur Jahan at Shahdara
2005. © Guilhem Vellut, https://www.flickr.com/photos/o_0/7962186/
Nur Jahan, Holding a Portrait of Emperor Jahangir
c. 1627. Northern India, Mughal court. © The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Mughal Queen Nur Jahan Playing Polo with Other Princesses
Painted by Ustad Haji Muhammad Sharif (1889–1978), courtesy, S. M. Mansoor
Mughal Brave Queen Nur Jahan with Her Husband King Jahangir After Killing Tiger with Her Spear
Painted by Ustad Haji Muhammad Sharif (1889–1978), courtesy, S. M. Mansoor
Princess Nur Jahan and Attendants
18th century, India. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Noor Jahan,1967
Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card; Courtesy: The Osian’s Archive & Library Collection.
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Empress Illustration Credits
- A Floral Fantasy of Animals and Birds (Waq-Waq), early 1600s. India, Mughal. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 37.6 × 26.6 (14 13⁄16 × 10 1⁄2 in); painting: 19.8 × 12.5 cm (7 13⁄16 × 4 15⁄16 in). © The Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.319.
- Exterior View of the Fort Complex. IAA107530 © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Michael Peuckert (photographer).
- Chiterin: An Illustration of the Nur Jahan Episode, © Bharat Kala Bhavan, BHU, Varanasi.
- Portrait of Nur Jahan Holding a Gun, by Abul- Hasan Nadiruz Zaman, 17th century CE. 10 × 6 cm. Courtesy of Rampur Raza Library.
- Silver Rupee with Nur Jahan and Jahangir’s Names. H. Nelson Wright, Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta 3 vols. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1908). Plate 8, 1625–28 CE.
- Jahangir and Prince Khurram Entertained by Nur Jahan, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1907.258. 292 Illustration Credits
- Nur Jahan: Portrait to Be Worn As a Jewel, seventeenth century. Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, the Stuart Cary Welch Collection. Gift of Edith I. Welch in memory of Stuart Cary Welch, 2009.202.4, Imaging Department © President and Fellows of Harvard College.
- Posthumous Portrait of Emperor Jahangir Under a Canopy (recto), c. 1650. India, Mughal, 17th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, borders with floral motifs in colors and gold (recto); page: 35.2 × 22.1 cm (13 7⁄8 × 8 11⁄16 in); painting; 20.4 × 8 cm (8 1⁄16 × 3 1⁄8 in). © The Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; bequest of Louise T. Cooper, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; From the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.329.
- Mausoleum of I’timad ud-Daula, 19th- century image of the exterior approach to the tomb. IAA110086 © Aga Khan Trust for Culture / Samuel Bourne (photographer).
- Maqbara-i Jahangir, General View from the North. IAA107790 © Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
- Tomb of Nur Jahan at Shahdara, 2005. © Guilhem Vellut, https://www.flickr.com/photos/o_0/7962186/.
- Nur Jahan, Holding a Portrait of Emperor Jahangir, c. 1627. Northern India, Mughal court, 17th century. Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; page: 30 × 22.1 cm (11 13⁄16 × 8 11⁄16 in); painting: 13.6 × 6.4 cm (5 3⁄8 × 2 1⁄2 in). © The Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift in honor of Madeline Neves Clapp; gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon by exchange; bequest of Louise T. Cooper; Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund; from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, 2013.325.
- The Mughal Queen Nur Jahan Playing Polo with Other Princesses. Painted by Ustad Haji Muhammad Sharif (1889–1978), property of S. M. Mansoor, visual artist, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Mughal Brave Queen Nur Jahan with Her Husband King Jahangir After Killing Tiger with Her Spear. Painted by Ustad Haji Muhammad Sharif (1889–1978), property of S. M. Mansoor, visual artist, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Photographic Still Mounted on Lobby Card. Noor Jahan,1967; India. Illustration Credits 293 Zenith Productions, directed by M. Sadiq. Courtesy: The Osian’s Archive & Library Collection. 0864490/ The Osian’s Collection.
- Princess Nur Jahan and Attendants, 18th century, India. Gouache on paper; 11 3⁄4 × 8 5⁄8 in (29.8 × 21.9 cm). Rogers Fund, 1948, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.