Identify the artist from Iran who accompanied Emperor Humayun to Delhi.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Abdus Samad
Artists from Iran came to the Mughal court too: Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad were made to accompany Emperor Humayun to Delhi.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “3. The Painted Image … Artists from Iran also made their way to Mughal India. Some were brought to the Mughal court, as in the case of Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad, who were made to accompany Emperor Humayun to Delhi. Others migrated in search of opportunities to win patronage and prestige. A conflict between the emperor and the spokesmen of orthodox Muslim opinion on the question of visual representations of living beings was a source of tension at the Mughal court.…” |