"Tumanba Khan, His Wife, and His Nine Sons", Folio from a Chingiznama (Book of Genghis Khan), Basawan, ca. 1596

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Tumanba Khan, His Wife, and His Nine Sons', Folio from a Chingiznama (Book of Genghis Khan), ca. 1596, Made in present-day Pakistan, probably Lahore, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Page: 15 x 10 in. ( x cm), Codices, Basawan (Indian, active ca. 1556–1600), Bhim Gujarati (active 1590s), The text of the Chingiznama records the life of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan (Genghis Khan) and his family. The emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) commissioned many historical manuscripts in the 1590s, but because the Mughals claimed descent from Genghis Khan, this book must have had particular resonance for him

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