 Both artists probably worked on the "Tutinama", the first major commission completed in the new reign, where the disparate styles of the several artists used remain clear.But Mir Sayyid Ali was initially given the supervision of Akbar's huge commission of the 1400 large illustrations for the "Hamzanama", which was to be fourteen years in the making.In about 1572 Samad replaced Mir Sayyid Ali (who returned to Persia) as head of the imperial workshop, probably because under Sayyid the progress of the illustrations for the "Hamzanama" was too slow.