16th Century Mughal War Regalia and Mughal Emperor Conducting a Miltary Expedition
[Original title] Costume de Guerre Du XVI Siecle . Emperueur Mogol Conduisant Une Expedition Militaire [end]
Mughal armies comprised both Central Asian and Persian officers and soldiers who settled in India, as well as forces raised from captured provinces, and even mercenaries from European countries. This image echoes Persian and Indian miniatures that French lithographers would have been familiar with before coming up with this image. One or more of them is likely to have directly inspired this image.