| ISBN |
9385360272 (hbk.) |
| 9789385360275 (hbk.) |
| Title |
Celebrating Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan : statesman, courtier, soldier, poet, linguist, humanitarian, patron / editor & designer : Shakeel Hossain |
| Publisher |
[New Delhi] ; Ahmedabad : Aga Khan Trust for Culture, in association with Mapin Publishing, 2017 |
| Physical desc. |
257 p. ; col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 cd |
| Note |
Includes one music CD. CBL illustrations: p. [93] (In 20.1994.3); p. 149 (detail of In 11B.30). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-253). |
| Contents |
The revival of Rahim in modern India / T.C.A. Raghavan -- Rahim in his world and in ours / Harish Trivedi -- 'Adbur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan: a biographical note / Iqtidar Husain Siddiqui -- 'The donor is somebody else': 'Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan as patron and benefactor / Eva Orthmann -- Nihavandi on Rahim as interpreter, translator, and poet / Sunil Sharma -- From the pen of 'Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan / Chander Shekhar -- His Persian translation of Baburnama / Wheeler M. Thackston -- 'Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan and his worlds of poetry / Mehr Afshan Farooqi and Richard Cohen -- Briefly put: Rahim's Barvai couplets / Rupert Snell -- Life and love in the couplets of Rahim / Allison Busch -- Rahim, building his wife's mausoleum / Ratish Nanda. |
| Person as subject |
Abdur Rahim Khan, Khan Khanan -- 1556-1627 |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 11B |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 20 |
| Art, Mogul Empire |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul Empire |
| Architecture, Mogul Empire |
| Added name(s) |
Hossain, Shakeel |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Aga Khan Trust for Culture |
