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Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire
Fri 9 Nov 2012 – Tue 2 Apr 2013

Enter the world of the Mughals, one of the world's great dynasties,and discover the British Library's stunning collection of manuscripts and paintings. This exhibition will be the first to document the entire historical period, from the 16th to the 19th centuries, through more than 200 exquisite objects. At its peak, the Mughal Empire stretched from Kabul in the northwest and over most of the South Asian subcontinent.

Uncovering the lives of the emperors, we reveal their lavish courtly life and love of aesthetic beauty. The exhibition will provide a visual feast that explores politics as well as their patronage of the arts and sciences, and monuments such as the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.

Portrait of Prince Dara Shikoh (1631-32), BL Add.Or.3129, f. 59v, Copyright © The British Library Board

Highlights include:

- the oldest surviving copy of Emperor Babur’s (r. 1526-30) memoirs in Eastern Turkish, the Mughals' ancestral language

- an imperial copy of the Khamsa of Nizami made for Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605)

- the marriage certificate of Emperor Bahadur Shah II (r. 1837-58) richly painted portraits of the Mughal emperors

Above image: Squirrels in a Plane Tree, BL Johnson Album 1,30 Copyright © The British Library Board

We invite companies to support this prestigious exhibition and discover a range of corporate opportunities, ranging from publicity and promotion to hospitality.

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