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(See reference Bib. 702)</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: normal; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">Card dates as from Reign of Jahangir, 1605-1627.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><o:p> </o:p></p>","remarks":"From accession card. "},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"This portrait comes from an album named for the young Prince Salim that was compiled when the prince rebelled against his father and set up his own court in the eastern part of the empire. Later, the prince ascended the throne as the fourth Mughal emperor and adopted the name Jahangir (r. 1605–27). About thirty paintings from the album survive and are dispersed across collections in North America and Europe. All feature the same border decoration, with geometric medallions painted in gold. 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