Shaykh Faizi seated with dagger. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, Mughal period.

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Shaykh Faizi seated with dagger. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, Mughal period. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Shaykh Faizi was a renowed scholar and poet of the Mughal court and was the older brother of the Emperor Akbar's court historian and friend, Abu'l Fazl.

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1 painting : gouache on paper ; image 5.5 x 7 cm

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Note in Urdu at top of page and in Urdu Inscription in Urdu reads Shaykh Faizi, in English, Shaik Fyzy Mansubar of 400. Vide Abul Fail list in the Ayan Akbary. Brother of Fazil.

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Wellcome Collection 582837i

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