Ustaad Baba Miran Baksh was a Muslim artist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Lahore, Punjab, and is remembered as one of the great traditional masters of naqashi (decorative painting). He belonged to a hereditary naqash family and lived within the Wazir Khan Mosque, where his family’s workshop or hujra was located. This hujra functioned as a vibrant centre of architectural decoration, miniature painting and related arts during the British period. It was here that he trained younger artisans, including Ustaad Umar Din Naqash, who carried the tradition onto the next generation. Within this extended artistic network, Baksh was closely linked to the family of A. R....