Playing Cards

Mughal ganjifa cards representing different aspects of the Mughal court. There are eight suits with twelve cards in each suit, ten numeral cards and two court cards. 16 cards are missing making a total of 80 as opposed to the standard 96. The suits are the following: taj (crown) on a brown background (missing both court cards), safed (silver) on a black background (missing both court cards), shamsher (sword) on a gold background (missing no. 1,2,3,4), ghulam (servant) on a yellow background, chang (harp) on a green background (missing no. 4), surkh (gold) on a gold background (missing both court cards), barat (document) on a red background (missing both court cards), and qimash (merchandise) on a yellow background (missing no. 9,10, and both court cards). It has a box decorated with a lattice design and floral motif.