context behind this painting: Jahangir fought a long campaign to conquer Ahmednagar, but could not achieve this goal due to fierce resistance from Ambar’s forces, now during 1616-1618 he commissioned a series of paintings out of which this one was made where jahangir is seen shooting the decapitated head of malik ambar
Nonetheless, mughals failed to capture ahmednagar sultanate until 1633, at which point malik ambar and jahangir both were long gone
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context behind this painting: Jahangir fought a long campaign to conquer Ahmednagar, but could not achieve this goal due to fierce resistance from Ambar’s forces, now during 1616-1618 he commissioned a series of paintings out of which this one was made where jahangir is seen shooting the decapitated head of malik ambar
Nonetheless, mughals failed to capture ahmednagar sultanate until 1633, at which point malik ambar and jahangir both were long gone
[painting in questio ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir_Shooting_the_Head_of_Malik_Ambar)