955443 Hindu and Muslim Scholars Translate the Mahabharata from Sanskrit to Persian, from Razmnama (book of war) c. 1598- 1599 (opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper) by American Photographer, (19th century); 29.5x20 cm; Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: Akbar was the first of the Mughals to commission Persian translations of Sanskrit works out of a genuine interest in the literature and religion of the Hindu subjects over whom he ruled. Later emperors and other Muslim nobles followed his lead. This folio has come from a copy of the Mahabharata (known in Persian as the Razmnama) made for Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Khan-i Khanan, army commander to Akbar and then Jahangir.); 穢 Free Library of Philadelphia ; American, out of copyright.