Tahmasp I
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Tahmasp I was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum.
Tahmasp Mirza holds an audience, together with the grand sayyeds and theologians, in the Bagh-Shahr in Balkh, on his arrival as governor of Khorasan. Album leaf attributable to Mo'en Mosavver, from a copy of Bijan's Tarikh-i Jahangusha-yi Khaqan Sahibqiran (A History of Shah Ismail I), Isfahan, c. 1670
Accession of Shah Tahmasp I to the throne, folio from Kholassat ot-Tavarikh by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi
Battle between Tahmasp I and Ubayd Allah Khan on 24 September 1524, folio from Kholassat ot-Tavarikh by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi
Humayun
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Nasir al-Din Muhammad commonly known by his regnal name Humayun, was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to his death in 1556. At the time of his death, the Mughal Empire spanned almost one million square kilometers.
The Mughal Emperor Humayun, fights Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, in the year 1535.
Raja Todar Mal, an ally of Sher Shah Suri, constructed the Rohtas Fort to check Humayun from Persia, and also halt the local Muslim tribes from joining the claimant emperor.
Humayun, detail of miniature of the Baburnama