# Akbar Mounting his Horse; page from the Chester Beatty Akbar Nama (History of Akbar)

- By: Sur Das Gujarati (Indian, active 16th century)
- Date: 1605–07
- Medium: Gum tempera and ink on paper; Nim qalam drawing
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Image: 23 x 12.4 cm (9 1/16 x 4 7/8 in.); Overall: 43.2 x 28.2 cm (17 x 11 1/8 in.)
- Culture: India, Mughal school, 17th century
- Credit line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.65)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1939.65/1939.65_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In nim qalam drawings, literally "half pen" in Persian, most of the composition is done with monochrome washes, with only a few areas brightly colored or embellished with gold.