Introduction One among the plaster castes that loom over readers in a Dublin library, a 17th-century miniature painting shows an image all too recognizable to today’s tipplers down the pub: a ruckus. The image, called ‘Akbarnama: Akbar Fights Man Singh of Amber at a Drinking Party’, from the illustrated Akbarnama series shows the Mughal emperor … Continue reading The Royal Brawl: Unveiling Akbar’s Mughal Persona Through a 17th-Century Painting