What is the significance of the Persian calligraphy in the painting, especially in verse, on the top and bottom?

1) Describes the emperor's daily routine
2) Represents the emperor's genealogy
3) Conveys the preference of Jahangir for dervishes
4) Illustrates the emperor's military conquests

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Answer: Conveys the preference of Jahangir for dervishes
The Persian calligraphy in verse expresses that the Shahs of the world may stand before Jahangir, but he prefers to have the dervishes.

In the painting, Jahangir enthroned on an Hourglass (1625), symbolism is creatively applied by the court painter, Bichitra, who can be seen on the emperor’s right hand corner holding a painting in his hand, which would be his offering to the mighty emperor. Persian calligraphy adorns the top and bottom, which in verse says that the Shahs of this world may stand before him as Jahangir prefers to have the dervishes. Portrait that resemble the Ottoman Sultan, King James I of England also stands on the right hand with gifts for the mighty emperor. Jahangir offers a book to Shaikh Husain of the Chisti Shrine, descendent of Shaikh Salim, in whose honour Akbar had named his son Salim.