File talk:Cha Jehan the Great Mogul.jpg

This is not Shah Jahan

Where is this picture from? This man does not look more like Shah Jahan than Tokugawa Ieyasu or Haile Selassie. Shah Jahan wears a full beard in all the portraits of his time. We know that he began growing a full beard when he foreswore alcohol in 1621, aged 29. (According to Muhammad Amin Qazvini's chronicle "Padshahnama", manuscript British library MsOr 173, fol. 89 b.) But he was still a prince then and acceded to the throne six years later. So this is not what he looked like as a Great Mogul.

The man on the picture looks much more like Shah Jahan's grandfather Akbar. I think I have seen a miniature where Akbar supervises the construction of Agra Fort with this gesture. If we cannot find out where this picture belongs to, it would be better if this file was deleted. Best, --Curryfranke (talk) 14:32, 17 June 2021 (UTC)