Nasir al-Din Khalji, sultan of Malwa

Nasir al-Din Khalji was sultan of Malwa from 1500 to 1511, with his capital at Mandu. ¹ Welch's catalogue calls him the "second patron" of the illustrated Ni'matnama made at Mandu, meaning that work on it had begun for another and continued for him. ¹

The Bustan of Sa'di now in the National Museum, New Delhi, was written for him by Shahsuvar al-Katib; his name and titles are in the shamsa of folio 1r, and an inspection date of AH 908 (1502-3) on the colophon page shows it was finished early in his reign. ¹ Both manuscripts were painted by Haji Mahmud at Mandu, and for Welch the echoes of Bihzad in them show the level of artistic appreciation at his court. ¹