Preparation of pottage Ghiyath Shahi sitting in a pavilion a pool and a stream with ducks in the foreground a cook is in the right hand foreground and an attendant is offering Ghiyath Shahi a dish. Opaque watercolour. Sultanate style. Image taken from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript on Indian cookery and the preparation of sweetmeats, spices etc. Originally published in 1495 - 1505.