Early in the 13th century Genghis Khan and the Mongols swept into Europe from China, by 1260 ruling a huge empire. Tamerlane, who founded the new Mogul Empire in the 14th century, claimed descendency from Genghis Khan. The school of Mogul painting began in 1549 when two Persian painters directed the illustration of the Amir Hamza, a fantastic narrative of which some 1,400 large paintings were executed on cloth. Shah Jahan (1628 - 58) perfected Mogul architecture and erected at Agra the tomb of his favorite wife, the Taj Mahal, with its symmetrical Persian plan.

This period saw the amalgamation of influences into a true Mogul style. Portraiture was highly developed and ink drawings were of high quality at the court of Shah Jahan. The paintings are on, what appear to be, paper of a 15th - 16th century Persian manuscript. The brilliant colors and minute detail are excellent examples of the work of this period.

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