Thursday, 15 March 2012

The Padshahnama () (Chronicle of the Emperor) is a genre of works written as the official visual history of Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan’s reign. Most significant work of this genre was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori in two volumes.

History

Shah Jahan in his eighth regnal year asked Muhammad Amin Qazvini to write an official history of his reign and he completed his ''Padshahnama'' in 1636, which covers the first ten (lunar) years of Shah Jahan’s reign.

Jalaluddin Tabatabai wrote another ''Padshahnama'', 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 ''Padshahnama'' 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 s given the responsibility to complete the task and his ''Padshahnama'' (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 ''Padshahnama'' of Lahori.

These works are the major sources of information about the Shah Jahan's period. The beautiful illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the Shah's court, depicting weddings and other activities vividly.

Extant manuscripts

In 1799, The Nawab (provincial governor) of Oudh in northern India sent the ''Padshahnama'', to King George III of England . Today, the imperial illustrated manuscript of the ''Padshahnama'' of Lahori is preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. The manuscripts of the ''Padshahnama''s of Qazvini and Waris are preserved in the British Library.

A manuscript of the ''Padshahnama'' is also with the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, Patna, India.

Padshahnama Artist

Work online

  • Bádsháh-Náma of 'Abdu-L Hamíd Láhorí ''Packard Humanities Institute''

    • See also

  • Sháh Jahán-Náma of 'Ináyat Khán

    • References

    Further reading

  • ''The King of the World: The Padshahnama: An Imperial Mughal Manuscript from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle'', Thames & Hudson. 1997. ISBN 0500974489.

    • External links

  • Illustrations from the Padshahnama at Royal Collection
  • King of the World - The Padshahnama at University of Pennsylvania

    • Category:Mughal Empire Category:Indian history books Category:Indian literature Category:17th-century books Category:17th-century Indian books Category:17th-century history books Category:Islamic illuminated manuscripts Category:Mughal art

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