# Basawan's contemporaries

Artist galleries · hang 749 · 8 works

A few works by Basawan, then their contemporaries: makers of the same nationality born within 25 years of them, then works from the same century and place.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## With their contemporaries

1. [The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-young-emperor-akbar-arrests-the-insolent-shah-abu-l-maal-aic-76816), Basawan, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/the-young-emperor-akbar-arrests-the-insolent-shah-abu-l-maal-aic-76816?hang=749)
2. ["A Muslim Pilgrim Learns a Lesson in Piety from a Brahman", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/a-muslim-pilgrim-learns-a-lesson-in-piety-from-a-brahman-fol-met-446563?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries

3. ["Alexander Visits the Sage Plato in his Mountain Cave", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/alexander-visits-the-sage-plato-in-his-mountain-cave-folio-f-met-446564), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/alexander-visits-the-sage-plato-in-his-mountain-cave-folio-f-met-446564?hang=749)
4. ["Shah Jahan on a Terrace, Holding a Pendant Set With His Portrait", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270), Chitarman, recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/shah-jahan-on-a-terrace-holding-a-pendant-set-with-his-portr-met-451270?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries, second

5. [The tale of the three men trapped in a cave by a rolling boulder, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-second Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-tale-of-the-three-men-trapped-in-a-cave-by-a-rolling-bou-cma-137604), Bihzad, c. 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/the-tale-of-the-three-men-trapped-in-a-cave-by-a-rolling-bou-cma-137604?hang=749)
6. [The magician disguised as a Brahman returns to claim his “daughter-in-law,” from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-fifth Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-magician-disguised-as-a-brahman-returns-to-claim-his-dau-cma-137648), Unrecorded Indian maker, c. 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/the-magician-disguised-as-a-brahman-returns-to-claim-his-dau-cma-137648?hang=749)

## Their contemporaries, third

7. ["Shah Jahan on Horseback", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/shah-jahan-on-horseback-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-album-met-451267), Payag, verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/shah-jahan-on-horseback-folio-from-the-shah-jahan-album-met-451267?hang=749)
8. ["A King Offers to Make Amends to a Bereaved Mother", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-king-offers-to-make-amends-to-a-bereaved-mother-folio-from-met-446560), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, 1597–98. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-basawan/a-king-offers-to-make-amends-to-a-bereaved-mother-folio-from-met-446560?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More Mughal and Rajput painting](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/mughal-and-rajput-painting?hang=749&via=continue) (40 works)
- [16th-century India](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-india?hang=749&via=continue) (16 works)