Muhammad Daulat (or Dawlat) was a leading artist in Mughal painting, active on imperial commissions between about 1595 and 1635–1640,[3] during the reigns of Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan.

One signature reads "Muhammad Daulat, son of L'al", and in another he describes himself as "the least of the houseborn", indicating his father worked in the court.

[14] Daulat's style has been described as "distinguished by clusters of narrow-shouldered, voluminous figures and a bright palette intensified by pronounced contour shading.

His facial types are quite individualized, but share dark features, full cheeks and large, staring eyes, the latter frequently directed at the viewer.

[17] A page by Daulat in the Gulshan Album, a lavish muraqqa made for Jahangir and now in the Golestan Palace Library, Tehran, has wide gold borders which include seven portraits of court employees, five shown drawing, painting or reading.