Gopi Adusumilli :verified: · @gopi
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📚 Books to learn about Mughal history as India bans it from textbooks

Hot on the heels of books being banned in the US, it appears that are following a similar suit by removing anything related to its Mughal history.

Read more: howtobe247.com/2023/04/11/indi

Watch: youtube.com/shorts/SnMIvoWb5zY

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Major General Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825).
c1820 AD by artist Ramlal of now at Amir Mohtashemi dealers of

Ochterlony was born in Boston, America & came to in 1877 as a Military Officer with at , rising to become the British Resident at the court at
He is reported to have 13 'wives', all of them promenading the walls of#RedFort every evening each one on her own

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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'The Eunuch Khawas Khan'.
c1675 AD sold by Christie's.

In Eunuchs played a very important role of being a bridge between the Royal Courts (staffed by men) & the Ladies Quarters like the

However, such figures rarely figure in

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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'A Soldier to the Core', the ruler 's successor son Bahadur Shah-1 (ruled 1707-1712 AD) is said to have Spent only 4 Nights of his 5 year Rule in a Palace, spending rest of the time in Military Camps!

This c1720 AD from sold by Sotheby's for £60,000 depicts 'Bahadur Shah with his 4 Sons'.

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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'Two Women Conversing at a Window'.
(Possibly discussing & admiring my & ).

c1775 AD from now at Harvard Museums USA.

This style painting was gifted to the by John Kenneth Galbraith the Canadian American Economist and a former US Ambassador to

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குடியரசுத் தலைவர் மாளிகையில் உள்ள மொஹல் கார்டன் பெயரை அம்ரித் உதயான் என்று மாற்றியது மத்திய அரசு...
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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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One of the most beautiful on this c1630 AD from the Dara Shikoh Album now at British Library

Dara Shikoh was the son of ruler of

Attributed to artist Muhammad Khan, this depicts six different species of flowers.

(Soon, will look like this, with the in full bloom.)

#paintings #flowers #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #london #shahjahan #agra #Mughal #art #delhi #newdelhi #floweringseason #india #IndianHistory #indianheritage #indianminiaturepaintings #painting #heritage #history #Mughals

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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On today, A Prince in a ₹Costume & all Around, Pours Wine in a Cup.

Dated 1633 AD, this by Muhammad Khan of & is from the Dara Shikoh Album, a Prized possession of British Library,

Dara was the eldest son of the ruler . To usurp the throne, younger brother got him 'removed'.

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Indrani S · @indranisantra
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Photos taken on a short weekend trip to the Indian capital to visit my best friend. Jan 2019. Humayun's tomb and Lodhi Gardens, New Delhi







#flashbackfriday #travel #photographyonmastodon #delhi #india #Mughal #architecture

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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Zana, the Bullock-Drawn Carriage of Prince Mirza Babur.

c1815 AD from sold by Bonhams in 2014 for £56,250.

Driver, Identified as 'Ahir Jadubansi, of the Cowherd Caste, Descendants of Lord , inhabitant of '

Mirza was a Sons of Penultimate King II.

Commissioned by Agents by Brothers James & William Fraser, the Album of 92 was discovered by in the Home of their Descendants in 1979

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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the caveat was still followed down to the letter. But when finally the time came for the child to meet his sire, the latter passed away after a brief illness.

So the child succeeded to his father's throne without ever having met his father.

Meet Abdullah, the seventh Qutb Shahi Sultan of Golconda.

✍🏻 by Neelesh Chatterjee

#hyderabad #deccan #telangana #telugu #urdu #persian #iran #persia #Safavid #Mughal #history #india

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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'Bystanders Watch the Execution of the Abyssianian Jujhar Khan by a '.
A Scene from (Biography of Ruler ) of 1597 AD, later Mounted on a Leaf from the Farhang-i-Jahangiri in 1608 AD.

From the property of William Kelly Simpson, this attributed to Hirachand was sold by Christie's on 25th June 2020 for £262,500

#elephant #akbarnama #Mughal #akbar #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #india #art #heritage #history #paintings #IndianHistory #indianheritage #Mughals #painting #indianminiaturepaintings

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One wouldn't even think of taking a dip in a river on a cold day.
But, love knows no bounds & Sohini did just that, to meet Mahival in this c1780 AD from or (John C & Susan L Huntington colln sold by Christie's).

Written in 18th century, Sohini Mahiwal is a popular tragic romantic story of
In the end, she drowns trying crossing the flooded river an a faulty pot, replaced by her jealous sister in law.

#delhi #newdelhi #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting #lucknow #Farrukhabad #Awadh #india #punjab

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While I wait for the clock to strike 12'o clock and wish everyone a .....

'A Lady Smokes a Amongst her Attendants'.

A lovely this is!
C1775 AD Provincial from now available for sale at Amir Mohtashemi Art Dealer in

A everyone.

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At the Mughal court in the first half of the 17th century, jewelled daggers such as this one were given to courtiers as a sign of royal favour. Learn more about this dagger: wallacecollection.org/art/coll

#Mughal #armor #art #dagger #armsAndArmour #armsandarmor #thewallacecollection

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'A Courtier Receiving a Divine Revelation'.
I would have preferred receiving some Sun-light on a foggy, cold day!

c1700 AD from Dr. Claus Virch's estate sold by Sotheby's on 16th March 2016 (US$15,000).

Though the courtier bears resemblance to ruler , he may be archetypal - not a specific individual.

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan
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This large, imposing & a very finely painted portrait of a is a rare & important

An interesting inscription reads 'The Monkey Husaini, Gift of Nawab Daud Khan'

Made c1700 AD at , this was from the Cary Welch collection sold by Bonhams for £70,000.

Daud Khan was a courtier of the Prince Mu'azzam (later Ruler Bahadur Shah-1) who presented this painting to the queen of Ruler Amar Singh.

#monkey #rajput #painting #udaipur #Mewar #rajasthan #art #Mughal #Rajasthani #IndianHistory #india #heritage

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