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India: Miniature painting of Shah Suja, gouache, Golconda, Deccan c. 1700.

India: Miniature painting of Shah Suja, gouache, Golconda, Deccan c. 1700.

Shah Shuja (June 23, 1616 – 1660) was the second son of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and empress Mumtaz Mahal. Emperor Shah Jahan appointed Shah Shuja as the Subahdar or governor of Bengal in 1639. In 1642, Shuja was also given the charge of the province of Orissa. He ruled the provinces for more than twenty years, from 1639 to 1660.

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