Alamgir at a Jharokha window Lithographs from India The emperor spent the last

The emperor spent the last few decades of his life in the Deccan fighting the Marathas

It was only fifteen years later that Humayun

and this zest for accuracy is reflected in the painting here

now in the collections of the Chester Beatty (19 paintings) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (21 paintings)

Shah Abbas of Iran

Alamgir at a Jharokha window Lithographs from India The emperor spent the lastIn this painting we see, Aurangzeb, the devout Muslim ruler in profile, with a downward gaze, performing a prayer. Seen through a jharokha window he is also flanked by two nobles. Dressed in stark white garments, his appearance is in sharp contrast to the golden radiance of the halo and grandeur seen in some of his earlier paintings. He only took to austerity as he grew older and moved to the Deccan. For him, there was no greater personal