Khan ‘Alam, Mughal Emperor Jahangir's Falconer and His Ambassador to Iran, With a Falcon, c.1610-20...

The falconer stands outdoors and faces left. He wears a purple and gold turban, its ends are tied in a knot at the top front. He has a mustache and wears a pearl earring in his left ear. The figure wears a gold jama (robe) decorated with red and white arabesques. A white sash is tied at the waist and its ends comprise orange, green, and purple fabric that is decorated with gold flowers. The falconer’s trousers match the jama, and he wears red slippers. In his left hand he clutches onto a small bird. He wears a green and gold falconer’s glove on his right hand. A gray and white falcon (probably a peregrine) perches on the glove. Red jess strings connect the bird of prey to the falconer’s sash.