Padshahnama or Badshah Nama (Persian: پادشاهنامه or پادشاهنامه; lit.'The Book of the Emperor') is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal EmperorShah Jahan I. Unillustrated texts are known as Shahjahannama, with Padshahnama used for the illustrated manuscript versions. These works are among the major sources of information about Shah Jahan's reign. Lavishly illustrated copies were produced in the imperial workshops, with many Mughal miniatures. Although military campaigns are given the most prominence, the illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the imperial court, depicting weddings and other activities.
The most significant work of this genre was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori, the pupil of Akbar's biographer Abdul Fazal, in two volumes. He could not write the third volume of this genre because of the infirmities of old age. [1]
The Mughal Army led by Prince Aurangzeb, Syed Khan-i-Jahan, Abdullah Khan Bahadur Firuz Jang and Khan Dauran enter Orchha.
Shah Jahan in his eighth regnal year asked Muhammad Amin Qazvini to write an official history of his reign and he completed his Badshahnama in 1636, which covers the first ten (lunar) years of Shah Jahan’s reign.[1]
Jalaluddin Tabatabai wrote another Badshahnama, but the extant portion of the text covers only four years, from fifth to eighth regnal year of the emperor. The project was later given to Abdul Hamid Lahori, who wrote his Badshahnama in two volumes. The first volume of this work is based upon Qazvini’s work but has more details. The second volume covers the next ten (lunar) years of Shah Jahan’s reign. He completed his work in 1648. Lahori died in 1654. Muhammad Waris, a pupil of Lahori was given the responsibility to complete the task and his Badshahnama (completed in 1656) covers the rest of the period of Shah Jahan’s reign. His work was published by the Asiatic Society as the third volume of the Badshahnama of Lahori.
Extant manuscriptsedit
In 1799, Saadat Ali Khan II, the Nawab of Awadh in northern India, sent the Badshahnama, to King George III of Great Britain. Today, the imperial illustrated manuscript of the Badshahnama of Lahori is preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, and is known as the Windsor Padshahnama. It was produced between 1630 and 1657 and contains 44 miniatures, some full page narrative scenes of battles, court ceremonies and other events (11 are across two pages), and some smaller individual portraits, surrounded by geometric decoration. These illustrate the genealogy of the Mughal dynasty which begins the work. The page size is 58.6 x 36.8 cm, and 13 different lead artists worked on the volume.[2] In 1994, while the volume was being rebound for conservation reasons, the opportunity was taken to tour all the miniatures in an exhibition that was shown in New Delhi, the Queen's Gallery in London, and six American cities.[3]
Manuscripts of the Badshahnamas of Qazvini and Waris are preserved in the British Library. The original manuscript of the Badshah Nama that depicts the complete reign of Shah Jahan is preserved in Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna, India.[4]
Other individual miniatures are held in a number collections. The Khalili Collection of Islamic Art has one miniature in which Shah Jahan and his court watch two elephants fighting.[5] There were some later illustrated manuscript copies made; for example the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has miniatures from 17th-century versions, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from one of around 1800.
Contextedit
The Padshahnama fits into a tradition of imperial autobiographies or official court biographies, seen in various parts of the world.[citation needed] In South Asia these go back to the Ashokavadana and Harshacharita from ancient India, and the medieval Prithviraj Raso. The Mughals' ancestor Timur had been celebrated in a number of works, mostly called Zafarnama ("Book of Victories"), such as those by Shami and Yazdi. The latter is the best known, and was also produced in an illustrated copy in the 1590s by Akbar's workshop. The tradition was continued by the Mughals with the Baburnama (autobiography, not illustrated before Akbar), Akbarnama (biography), and Tuzk-e-Jahangiri or Jahangir-nameh (memoirs of Jahangir).
^Review of Beach, Milo C. and Ebba Koch, The King of the World: The Badshahnama: An Imperial Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Thames & Hudson. 1997, in The Court Historian, Volume 4, 1999 - Issue 3, [1]
^"Islamic knowledge house, Khuda Bakhsh Library retains glory". Outlook. Jul 8, 2005. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013.
^Rogers, J. M. (2008). The arts of Islam : treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili collection (Revised and expanded ed.). Abu Dhabi: Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC). p. 280. OCLC 455121277.
^Abdul Hamid Lahori (1636). "Prince Awrangzeb (Aurangzeb) facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar". Badshahnama. from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
^Abdul Hamid Lahori. "Shah Jahan Receives Persian Ambassadors". Badshahnama.
^Ebba Koch (1994), Diwan-i 'Amm and Chihil Sutun: The Audience Halls of Shah Jahan, p.1
Kossak, Steven (1997). Indian court painting, 16th-19th century.. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN0870997831. (see index: p. 148-152; plate 25)
External linksedit
Illustrations from the Badshahnama at Royal Collection; more images
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Padshahnama or Badshah Nama Persian پادشاهنامه or پادشاه نامه lit The Book of the Emperor is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I Unillustrated texts are known as Shahjahannama with Padshahnama used for the illustrated manuscript versions These works are among the major sources of information about Shah Jahan s reign Lavishly illustrated copies were produced in the imperial workshops with many Mughal miniatures Although military campaigns are given the most prominence the illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the imperial court depicting weddings and other activities PadshahnamaThe cover of the Windsor PadshahnamaAuthorMuhammad Amin QazviniJalaluddin Tabatabai Abdul Hamid LahoriCountryMughal Empire India LanguagePersianGenreBiographySet in17th century Mughal IndiaPublisherMuhammad WarisPublication date1630 1637TextPadshahnama at Wikisource Portrait of Emperor Shah Jahan I on the Peacock Throne The most significant work of this genre was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori the pupil of Akbar s biographer Abdul Fazal in two volumes He could not write the third volume of this genre because of the infirmities of old age 1 Contents 1 History 2 Extant manuscripts 3 Context 4 Gallery 5 Texts online 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksHistory edit nbsp The Mughal Army led by Prince Aurangzeb Syed Khan i Jahan Abdullah Khan Bahadur Firuz Jang and Khan Dauran enter Orchha Shah Jahan in his eighth regnal year asked Muhammad Amin Qazvini to write an official history of his reign and he completed his Badshahnama in 1636 which covers the first ten lunar years of Shah Jahan s reign 1 Jalaluddin Tabatabai wrote another Badshahnama but the extant portion of the text covers only four years from fifth to eighth regnal year of the emperor The project was later given to Abdul Hamid Lahori who wrote his Badshahnama in two volumes The first volume of this work is based upon Qazvini s work but has more details The second volume covers the next ten lunar years of Shah Jahan s reign He completed his work in 1648 Lahori died in 1654 Muhammad Waris a pupil of Lahori was given the responsibility to complete the task and his Badshahnama completed in 1656 covers the rest of the period of Shah Jahan s reign His work was published by the Asiatic Society as the third volume of the Badshahnama of Lahori Extant manuscripts editIn 1799 Saadat Ali Khan II the Nawab of Awadh in northern India sent the Badshahnama to King George III of Great Britain Today the imperial illustrated manuscript of the Badshahnama of Lahori is preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle and is known as the Windsor Padshahnama It was produced between 1630 and 1657 and contains 44 miniatures some full page narrative scenes of battles court ceremonies and other events 11 are across two pages and some smaller individual portraits surrounded by geometric decoration These illustrate the genealogy of the Mughal dynasty which begins the work The page size is 58 6 x 36 8 cm and 13 different lead artists worked on the volume 2 In 1994 while the volume was being rebound for conservation reasons the opportunity was taken to tour all the miniatures in an exhibition that was shown in New Delhi the Queen s Gallery in London and six American cities 3 Manuscripts of the Badshahnamas of Qazvini and Waris are preserved in the British Library The original manuscript of the Badshah Nama that depicts the complete reign of Shah Jahan is preserved in Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library Patna India 4 Other individual miniatures are held in a number collections The Khalili Collection of Islamic Art has one miniature in which Shah Jahan and his court watch two elephants fighting 5 There were some later illustrated manuscript copies made for example the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has miniatures from 17th century versions and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from one of around 1800 Context editThe Padshahnama fits into a tradition of imperial autobiographies or official court biographies seen in various parts of the world citation needed In South Asia these go back to the Ashokavadana and Harshacharita from ancient India and the medieval Prithviraj Raso The Mughals ancestor Timur had been celebrated in a number of works mostly called Zafarnama Book of Victories such as those by Shami and Yazdi The latter is the best known and was also produced in an illustrated copy in the 1590s by Akbar s workshop The tradition was continued by the Mughals with the Baburnama autobiography not illustrated before Akbar Akbarnama biography and Tuzk e Jahangiri or Jahangir nameh memoirs of Jahangir Gallery edit nbsp The Mughal commander Khan Dauran captures the Fort at Udgir nbsp The Mughal Army captures Daulatabad fort in the year 1633 nbsp Mughal commander Azim Khan captures Dharur nbsp Prince Aurangzeb riding against the maddened War elephant Sudhakar in the year 1633 6 nbsp The siege of the Safavid garrison at Kandahar May 1631 nbsp Shah Jahan receiving Persian Safavid ambassador Ali Mardan Khan in the year 1638 7 8 Texts online edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Padshahnama Lahori Abdul Hamid 1875 Badshanama of Abdul Hamid Lahori tr by Henry Miers Elliot Hafiz Press Lahore Badshah Nama of Abdu L Hamid Lahori Packard Humanities Institute Shah Jahan Nama of Inayat KhanReferences edit a b Majumdar R C ed 2007 The Mughul Empire Mumbai Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan ISBN 81 7276 407 1 p 9 The Padshahnama 1656 57 Royal Collection Review of Beach Milo C and Ebba Koch The King of the World The Badshahnama An Imperial Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library Windsor Castle Thames amp Hudson 1997 in The Court Historian Volume 4 1999 Issue 3 1 Islamic knowledge house Khuda Bakhsh Library retains glory Outlook Jul 8 2005 Archived from the original on January 31 2013 Rogers J M 2008 The arts of Islam treasures from the Nasser D Khalili collection Revised and expanded ed Abu Dhabi Tourism Development amp Investment Company TDIC p 280 OCLC 455121277 Abdul Hamid Lahori 1636 Prince Awrangzeb Aurangzeb facing a maddened elephant named Sudhakar Badshahnama Archived from the original on January 6 2014 Retrieved July 1 2013 Abdul Hamid Lahori Shah Jahan Receives Persian Ambassadors Badshahnama Ebba Koch 1994 Diwan i Amm and Chihil Sutun The Audience Halls of Shah Jahan p 1Further reading editBeach Milo C and Ebba Koch The King of the World The Badshahnama An Imperial Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library Windsor Castle Thames amp Hudson 1997 ISBN 0 500 97448 9 Kossak Steven 1997 Indian court painting 16th 19th century New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN 0870997831 see index p 148 152 plate 25 External links editIllustrations from the Badshahnama at Royal Collection more images King of the World The Badshahnama at University of Pennsylvania Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Padshahnama amp oldid 1204184682, 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