Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings
| Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Bichitr |
| Year | c. 1615 – c. 1618 |
| Medium | Gouache, gold and ink on paper |
| Movement | Mughal miniature |
| Subject | |
| Location | Freer Gallery of Art |
Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings is a Mughal miniature painting by the Indian artist Bichitr for the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, dated to c. 1615–1618. It is situated in the Freer Gallery of Art.
It depicts the emperor, seated upon a throne in the form of an hourglass, handing a book to a Sufi saint, while the Ottoman sultan and the king of England look on. The artist Bichitr himself is pictured in the bottom-left corner of the image, in a self-insert.