The Mughal School grew into a distinct style of miniature painting. Consider the following statements:
(A) Mughal paintings were a teamwork by a group of artists, who could be inspired by a number of artistic traditions.
(B) Prince Salim came to be known as Jahangir, the World Seizer, on acquiring the Mughal throne.
(C) The Hamza Nama was completed under the supervision of two Persian masters, Mir Sayyid Ali and Aqa Riza.
(D) Like Akbar’s atelier, Jahangir’s atelier gave preference to artworks that were mass produced.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (B) only
(A) Mughal paintings were a teamwork by a group of artists, who could be inspired by a number of artistic traditions. — Correct. Mughal paintings were teamwork, and the artists drew on a number of artistic traditions.
(B) Prince Salim came to be known as Jahangir, the World Seizer, on acquiring the Mughal throne. — Correct. Salim took the name Jahangir, meaning World Seizer, when he came to the throne after returning from Allahabad.
(C) The Hamza Nama was completed under the supervision of two Persian masters, Mir Sayyid Ali and Aqa Riza. — Incorrect. The two Persian masters of the Hamza Nama were Mir Sayyid Ali and Abd us Samad. Aqa Riza was the Iranian painter whom Jahangir employed.
(D) Like Akbar’s atelier, Jahangir’s atelier gave preference to artworks that were mass produced. — Incorrect. Mass production belonged to Akbar’s atelier. Jahangir’s atelier preferred fewer, better works by a single master artist.
NCERT (2026-27): “Early Mughal Painting …One realises that Mughal paintings were a teamwork by a group of artists, who could be inspired by a number of artistic traditions. …The painted folios of Hamza Nama are scattered all over the world and housed in various collections. It is recorded to have consisted of 14 volumes with 1400 illustrations and took nearly 15 years to be completed. The suggested date of this magnificent project is 1567–1582 and was completed under the supervision of two Persian masters — Mir Sayyid Ali and Abd us Samad.” “Early Mughal Painting …Jahangir employed Aqa Riza, a well-known Iranian painter and his son Abul Hasan to achieve unparalleled sophistication in painting. Despite the formalised and established imperial atelier of Akbar, the keen patron in Jahangir rebelled to set his own atelier alongside his father’s. Prince Salim came to be known as Jahangir — the World Seizer once he acquired the Mughal throne after his return from Allahabad. …In contrast to the Akbar’s atelier, where the works were mass produced, Jahangir’s atelier gave preference to a lesser number and better quality of artworks produced by a single master artist.” |