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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Ustad Mansur was a Mughal court painter under Emperor Jahangir, renowned for naturalistic studies of birds, animals, and plants in the early seventeenth century.
- What title did Jahangir confer on Ustad Mansur, and what does it mean?
- Why is Ustad Mansur's painting of the dodo historically important?
- How did Ustad Mansur differ from Abu'l Hasan?
- Where are Ustad Mansur's works held today?

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In his memoir the Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, Emperor Jahangir recorded that during his 1620 visit to Kashmir, Ustad Mansur painted more than a hundred flowering plants and earned the title Nadir-ul-Asr.

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