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Mirza Ghazi and Mirza Jani belonged to the Tarkhan dynasty of Sindh. Mirza Jani submitted to the Mughal army under Akbar (r. 1556-1605) and became a loyal supporter of the emperor. His son was equally loyal to Jahangir and led the Mughal army in major campaigns in the early years of his reign. He was also a poet whose Persian verses the emperor greatly admired.  Mirza Ghazi died in 1612.\r\nManohar had worked in the imperial ateliers for Akbar, and became one of Jahangir's greatest artists.\r\nHis portrait of Mirza Ghazi was copied exactly for a scene of Jahangir in a garden, surrounded by members of his court, also in the V&A (IM.9-1925).","physicalDescription":"Painting, in opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mirza Ghazi is shown standing, facing right with his head slightly tilted. Inscriptions cut from a page of calligraphy are arranged in the border surrounding the small portrait on a pale green ground. 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The art of the book 1560-1650, V&A Publications, London 2002, plate 88, page 123."},{"reference":{"text":"Clarke, C. Stanley; Indian Drawings: Thirty Mogul Paintings of the School of Jehangir and Four Panels of Calligraphy ini the Wantage Bequest. 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Manohar, who painted his portrait, has included exactly the same portrait, almost certainly copied by tracing it, in his painting of Jahangir and companions in a garden. The Persian inscription on the lower border records that this is the “likeness of Mirza Ghazi, the son of Mirza Jani, the work of Manohar”.\n\nMIRZA GHAZI BEG\r\nOpaque watercolour and gold on paper\r\nMughal, by Manohar\r\nc. 1610-12 with contemporary borders\r\nIM.118-1921\r\nFrom the Wantage Album\r\nThe painting is inscribed in Persian, ‘A likeness of Mirza Ghazi, son of Mirza Jani, the work\r\nof Manohar’. Mirza Jani’s family originally came from Central Asia, but had ruled the province of Thatta in present-day Pakistan for several generations. He had been a trusted ally of Akbar, and his son similarly supported Jahangir. 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