Nanha (b. n.d.; d. 1635) was a miniature painter in the courts of the Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan and worked from c. 1582 until 1635. He worked on the Baburnama (1590), Darabnama (1580–85) and the Razmnama (1582–86), and his works are notable for exemplifying the stylistic changes in miniature painting across the three generations of rulers.
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