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"description": "Prince and ascetics, from the Late Shah Jahan Album, c. 1630. Attributed to Govardhan (Indian, active c.1596\u20131645). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 20.3 x 14.3 cm (8 x 5 5/8 in.); sheet with border: 37.5 x 25.2 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1971.79",
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"description": "Persian calligraphy framed by an ornamental border of flowers, birds, and deer, from the Late Shah Jahan Album, calligraphy: c. 1500\u20131540; border: c. 1630\u201340. Mir 'Ali Haravi (Persian, active in Herat, Afghanistan, died c. 1550). Gum tempera, gold, and ink on paper; overall: 36.8 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Herbert F. Leisy in memory of his wife, Helen Stamp Leisy 1977.207",
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"description": "Asaf Khan, born in Iran, was a general and close advisor to Mughal emperors Jahangir (reigned 1605\u201327) and Shah Jahan (reigned 1627\u201358). He was also Jahangir\u2019s brother-in-law and Shah Jahan\u2019s father-in-law.
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"citation": "Hollis, Howard. \u201cPortrait of a Nobleman.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 33, no. 10, 1946, pp. 180\u2013181, 185.",
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"citation": "Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.",
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"citation": "T\u014dy\u014d kaiga no seika: tokubetsuten: Kur\u012bvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara [\u6771\u6d0b\u7d75\u753b\u306e\u7cbe\u83ef: \u7279\u522b\u5c55: \u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f4\u30e9\u30f3\u30c8\u7f8e\u8853\u9928\u306e\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u304b\u3089= Highlights of Asian painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art]. Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum, 1998.",
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"citation": "Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.",
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