Observe the image and answer the following question.
Jahangir described an episode about a falcon of the kind shown in this painting. What was the connection of the Persian emperor Shah Abbas with that falcon?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → He presented the falcon as a gift to Jahangir
Option (1) He received the falcon as a gift from Jahangir — Incorrect. The gift went the other way: the falcon was a present from Shah Abbas to Jahangir.
Option (2) He presented the falcon as a gift to Jahangir — Correct. Jahangir describes a falcon brought as a present from Shah Abbas.
Option (3) He had the dead falcon painted to preserve its memory — Incorrect. It was Jahangir who wanted his painters to paint the dead falcon after a cat mauled it.
Option (4) He commissioned Ustad Mansur to paint the falcon — Incorrect. Ustad Mansur worked for Jahangir, who gave him the title Nadir ul Asr and had his falcons painted.
NCERT (2026-27): “Falcon on a Bird Rest This painting by Ustad Mansur, Nadir ul Asr, a title received from Jahangir, is in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA. Jahangir had fine falcons brought to his collection, and as a keen connoisseur, he had them painted. These images were included in his official biography Jahangirnama. There is an interesting episode described by him of a falcon brought as a present from Persian emperor Shah Abbas. This is to do with the falcon, which was mauled by a cat, resulting in its death, and the Emperor desired his painters to paint the dead falcon, preserving its memory for posterity.”
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