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| Keywords: Leaf from the Razmnama.jpg Leaf from the Razmnama ca 1616 “17; Mughal period of Jahangir 1605 “27 IndiaInk colors and gold on paper H 15 1/2 in 39 3 cm W 14 1/2 in 37 cm Rogers Fund 1955 55 121 30 1 Akbar was the first of the Mughals to commission Persian translations of Sanskrit works out of a genuine interest in the literature and religion of the Hindu subjects over whom he ruled Later emperors and other Muslim nobles followed his lead This folio has come from a copy of the Mahabharata known in Persian as the Razmnama made for cAbd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Khan-i Khanan army commander to Akbar and then Jahangir Long in the service of the Mughals in a military capacity cAbd al-Rahim was also placed in charge of translating Babur's memoirs into Persian from Chaghatay Turkish which reflects his literary interests Though many others of his status had fine libraries he was one of the few nobles who had books created for him and six manuscripts are known to have come from his workshop of twenty artists Like Akbar he commissioned copies of the Ramayana and a ragamala as well as the classic Khamsa of Dihlavi and the Panj Ganj of Jami The Mahabharata is the story of the legendary war between the clans of the Kauravas and the Pandyas The scene depicted here is the Battle of Arjuna and Raja Tamradhvaja The painting cycle in cAbd al-Rahim's book is the same as in Akbar's and the large blocks of text that form part of the picture frame reflect the practice of the imperial atelier at that time circa 1616 or 1617 IndiaInk colors and gold on paper H 15 1/2 in 39 3 cm W 14 1/2 in 37 cm object history credit line accession number Leaf from the Razmnama en wikipedia - Transferred by sridhar1000 http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/140008626 fullscreen PD-old-100 Original upload log page en wikipedia Leaf_from_the_Razmnama jpg Upload date User Bytes Dimensions Comment 2011-10-20 07 42 38 Risingstar12 103552 450×719 <small><nowiki> Leaf from the Razmnama ca 1616 “17; Mughal period of Jahangir 1605 “27 India Ink colors and gold on paper H 15 1/2 in 39 3 cm W 14 1/2 in 37 cm Rogers Fund 1955 55 121 30 1 Akbar was the first of the Mughals to commission Persian translations of Sanskrit works out of a genuine interest in the literature and religion of the Hindu subjects over whom he ruled Later emperors and other Muslim nobles followed his lead This folio has come from a copy of the Mahabharata known in Persian as the Razmnama made for cAbd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Khan-i Khanan army commander to Akbar and then Jahangir Long in the service of the Mughals in a military capacity cAbd al-Rahim was also placed in charge of translating Babur's memoirs into Persian from Chaghatay Turkish which reflects his literary interests Though many others of his status had fine libraries he was one of the few nobles who had books created for him and six manuscripts are known to have come from his workshop of twenty artists Like Akbar he commissioned copies of the Ramayana and a ragamala as well as the classic Khamsa of Dihlavi and the Panj Ganj of Jami The Mahabharata is the story of the legendary war between the clans of the Kauravas and the Pandyas The scene depicted here is the Battle of Arjuna and Raja Tamradhvaja The painting cycle in cAbd al-Rahim's book is the same as in Akbar's and the large blocks of text that form part of the picture frame reflect the practice of the imperial atelier at that time Leaf from the Razmnama ca 1616 “17 Abd al-Rahim ibn Muhammad Khan-i Khanan </nowiki></small> Ashvamedha Razmnama Paintings from India in the Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||||
