The greatest painter of birds at Jahangirs Court was

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The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir’s Court was

A	Syed Au Tabrizi
B	Mansur
C	Basawan
D	Khwaja Abdus Samad

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Mansur was the leading nature painter at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. The emperor took a passionate interest in the natural world and established a compendium of natural history with Mansur’s help. Mansur was extraordinarily talented for scientific documentation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Apart from painting hunting, battle and court scenes, under Jahangir special progress was made in portrait painting and paintings of animals, flowers, etc. Ustad Mansur was was well known for his floral paintings. The Red Blossoms is the best known of his paintings.

Detailed explanation-3: -The zebra in this painting (Burchell’s Zebra, Equus quagga burchelli) was presented to the Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) by Mir Ja’far who had acquired it from Turks travelling to the Mughal empire from Ethopia.

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