Painting
ca. 1590 (painted)
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Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Baburnama illustration, depicting a prince and attendants under a shamiana (tent shelter).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Painted opaque watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Painting, Baburnama illustration, prince and attendants, by Yaqub Kashmiri, faces by La'l, opaque watercolour on paper, Mughal, ca. 1590 |
| Physical description | Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Baburnama illustration, depicting a prince and attendants under a shamiana (tent shelter). |
| Content description | A prince and attendants under a shamiana (tent shelter). |
| Credit line | Purchased from Messrs luzac & Co., 46 Great Russell Street |
| Object history | S.A.A Rizvi, in Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar's Reign (Delhi, 1975, 220-221), notes: The Babur Nama, in Chaghta'i Turkish, a mine of information relating to Central Asia, Kabul and India, was of an absorbing interest for the Indian Timurids. The portions relating to the Indian period of Babur's autobiography had already been translated by his sadr, Zainu'd Din Khwafi, into Persian. In 994/1584 Mirza Payandah Hasan Ghaznavi commenced its translation at the insistence of Bihruz Khan (who was afterwards given the title of Naurang Khan by Akbar and died as a governor of Junahgarh in 1002/1593-94), but he could not translate the account beyond the first sixth and a part of the seventh year. Subsequently one Muhammad Quli Mughal HIsari continued the work and brought it down to 935/1528-29. Akbar ordered Mirza 'Abdu'r Rahim Khan-i Khanan to translate it again and he completed the work in 998/1589. He presented his translation to the Emperor as he was returning from Kabul on 24 November 1589. The Khan-i Khanan excelled all the previous translators. |
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| Accession number | IM.273-1913 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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