Saira Banu on 63 yrs of 'Mughal-e-Azam': 'Dilip Sahib's portrayal of Salim was a sight to behold' #SairaBanu #Mughal #Azam #DilipSahib #Salim #socialnewsxyz
#socialnewsxyz #salim #dilipsahib #Azam #Mughal #sairabanu
📚 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 #India are following a similar suit by removing anything related to its Mughal history.
Read more: https://howtobe247.com/2023/04/11/india-mughal-history-banned-from-books/
Watch: https://youtube.com/shorts/SnMIvoWb5zY?feature=share
#bookstodon #books #bookRecommendations #bannedBooks #BookBans #Mughal
#Mughal #BookBans #bannedbooks #bookrecommendations #Books #bookstodon #India
Major General Sir David Ochterlony (1758-1825).
c1820 AD #CompanyPainting by artist Ramlal of #Jaipur #Rajasthan now at Amir Mohtashemi #Art dealers of #London
Ochterlony was born in Boston, America & came to #India in 1877 as a Military Officer with #EastIndiaCompany at #Calcutta, rising to become the British Resident at the #Mughal court at #Delhi
He is reported to have 13 'wives', all of them promenading the walls of#RedFort every evening each one on her own #Elephant
#CompanyPainting #jaipur #rajasthan #art #london #india #eastindiacompany #calcutta #Mughal #delhi #elephant #IndianHistory
'The Eunuch Khawas Khan'.
c1675 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting sold by Christie's.
In #IndianHistory Eunuchs played a very important role of being a bridge between the Royal Courts (staffed by men) & the Ladies Quarters like the #Harem
However, such figures rarely figure in #Mughal #Paintings #IndianMiniaturePaintings
#IndianHeritage #IndianCulture #Painting #Art #History #Heritage #Mughals #AncientIndia #India
#MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #IndianHistory #harem #Mughal #paintings #indianminiaturepaintings #indianheritage #IndianCulture #painting #art #history #heritage #Mughals #AncientIndia #india
An outstanding c1645 AD #Deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting with #Mughal influence of Sultan Muhammad Adil Shah of #Bijapur #Deccan #India & his #African Prime Minister Ikhlas Khan
This #Painting from Howard Hodgkin collection now at Ashmolean Museum #UnitedKingdom is as much a Portrait of a Prized Royal #Elephant as of its Distinguished Riders.
#AfricansInIndia #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianMiniaturePaintings #DeccaniSchool of #Art
#History #Heritage #Animals #IndianCulture
#deccani #IndianMiniaturePainting #Mughal #Bijapur #deccan #india #african #painting #unitedkingdom #elephant #africansinindia #indianheritage #IndianHistory #paintings #indianminiaturepaintings #deccanischool #art #history #heritage #animals #IndianCulture
'A Soldier to the Core', the #Mughal ruler #Aurangzeb'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 #MughalArt #Painting from #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan sold by Sotheby's for £60,000 depicts 'Bahadur Shah with his 4 Sons'.
#India #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Art #History #Heritage #Mughals #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Paintings
#Mughal #Aurangzeb #MughalArt #painting #udaipur #Mewar #rajasthan #india #IndianHistory #indianheritage #indianminiaturepaintings #art #history #heritage #Mughals #paintings
'Two Women Conversing at a Window'.
(Possibly discussing & admiring my #Toots & #Tweets).
c1775 AD #Rajput #Rajasthani #Painting from #Jaipur #Rajasthan now at Harvard #Art Museums USA.
This #Mughal style painting was gifted to the #Museum by John Kenneth Galbraith the Canadian American Economist and a former US Ambassador to #India
#IndianHeritage #IndianCulture #IndianHistory #Paintings #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Heritage #History #MastodonArt #MastodonIndia #Mastodon #Tootfic
#toots #tweets #rajput #Rajasthani #painting #jaipur #rajasthan #art #Mughal #museum #india #indianheritage #IndianCulture #IndianHistory #paintings #indianminiaturepaintings #heritage #history #mastodonart #MastodonIndia #mastodon #tootfic
குடியரசுத் தலைவர் மாளிகையில் உள்ள மொஹல் கார்டன் பெயரை அம்ரித் உதயான் என்று மாற்றியது மத்திய அரசு...
https://patrikai.com/mughal-garden-in-rashtrapathi-bhavan-been-name-changed-as-amrit-udyan/
#RashtrapathiBhavan #mughalgarden #Mughal #AmritUdyan @INCTamilNadu@twitter.com @TNCCMinority@twitter.com @TNCCITSMDept@twitter.com @TN_PYC@twitter.com @TamilNaduPMC@twitter.com
#amritudyan #Mughal #mughalgarden #rashtrapathibhavan
One of the most beautiful #Paintings on #Flowers this c1630 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from the Dara Shikoh Album now at British Library #London
Dara Shikoh was the son of ruler #ShahJahan of #Agra
Attributed to artist Muhammad Khan, this #Mughal #Art depicts six different species of flowers.
(Soon, #Delhi #NewDelhi will look like this, with the #FloweringSeason in full bloom.)
#India #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #IndianMiniaturePaintings #Painting #Heritage #History #Mughals
#paintings #flowers #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #london #shahjahan #agra #Mughal #art #delhi #newdelhi #floweringseason #india #IndianHistory #indianheritage #indianminiaturepaintings #painting #heritage #history #Mughals
On #InternationalFlowerDay today, A Prince in a #Persian ₹Costume & #Flowers all Around, Pours Wine in a Cup.
Dated 1633 AD, this #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Muhammad Khan of #Delhi & #Agra #UttarPradesh is from the Dara Shikoh Album, a Prized possession of British Library, #London
Dara was the eldest son of the #Mughal ruler #ShahJahan. To usurp the throne, younger brother #Aurengzeb got him 'removed'.
#India #IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History
#internationalflowerday #persian #flowers #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #delhi #agra #uttarpradesh #london #Mughal #shahjahan #Aurengzeb #india #indianminiaturepaintings #IndianHistory #indianheritage #art #history
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
#flashbackfriday #travel #photographyonmastodon #delhi #india #Mughal #architecture
Zana, the Bullock-Drawn Carriage of Prince Mirza Babur.
c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #FrazerAlbum sold by Bonhams in 2014 for £56,250.
Driver, Identified as 'Ahir Jadubansi, of the Cowherd Caste, Descendants of Lord #Krishna, inhabitant of #Delhi'
Mirza was a Sons of Penultimate #Mughal King #Akbar II.
Commissioned by #EastIndiaCompany Agents by Brothers James & William Fraser, the Album of 92 #Paintings was discovered by #WilliamDalrymple in the #Scotland Home of their Descendants in 1979
#CompanyPainting #frazeralbum #krishna #delhi #Mughal #akbar #eastindiacompany #paintings #WilliamDalrymple #scotland
#GoodNightEveryone
A fine way to wish everyone a #GoodNight is by #Tooting this c1780 AD Provincial #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Delhi #India sold by Bonhams on 26th May 2022.
'A Maiden Asleep in the Arms of a Prince'.
#IndianMiniaturePaintings #IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Mughal #Mughals #Paintings #Art #Heritage #History #Painting #IndianCulture #SweetDreams
#goodnighteveryone #goodnight #tooting #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #delhi #india #indianminiaturepaintings #indianheritage #IndianHistory #Mughal #Mughals #paintings #art #heritage #history #painting #IndianCulture #sweetdreams
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.
#hyderabad #deccan #telangana #telugu #urdu #persian #iran #persia #safavid #mughal #history #india
✍🏻 by Neelesh Chatterjee
#hyderabad #deccan #telangana #telugu #urdu #persian #iran #persia #Safavid #Mughal #history #india
'Bystanders Watch the Execution of the Abyssianian Jujhar Khan by a #Elephant'.
A Scene from #AkbarNama (Biography of #Mughal Ruler #Akbar) of 1597 AD, later Mounted on a Leaf from the Farhang-i-Jahangiri in 1608 AD.
From the property of William Kelly Simpson, this #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting attributed to Hirachand was sold by Christie's on 25th June 2020 for £262,500
#India #Art #Heritage #History #Paintings #IndianHistory #IndianHeritage #Mughals #Painting #IndianMiniaturePaintings
#elephant #akbarnama #Mughal #akbar #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #india #art #heritage #history #paintings #IndianHistory #indianheritage #Mughals #painting #indianminiaturepaintings
One wouldn't even think of taking a dip in a river on a cold #Delhi #NewDelhi day.
But, love knows no bounds & Sohini did just that, to meet Mahival in this c1780 AD #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Lucknow or #Farrukhabad #Awadh #India (John C & Susan L Huntington colln sold by Christie's).
Written in 18th century, Sohini Mahiwal is a popular tragic romantic story of #Punjab
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
While I wait for the clock to strike 12'o clock and wish everyone a #HappyNewYear2023 .....
'A Lady Smokes a #Huqqa Amongst her Attendants'.
A lovely #Painting this is!
C1775 AD Provincial #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Murshidabad #Bengal #India now available for sale at Amir Mohtashemi Art Dealer in #London
A #HappyNewYear everyone.
#IndianMiniaturePaintings #Art #Heritage #MughalArt #Paintings #History #Greetings #YearEnder2022
#happynewyear2023 #huqqa #painting #Mughal #IndianMiniaturePainting #Murshidabad #bengal #india #london #happynewyear #indianminiaturepaintings #art #heritage #MughalArt #paintings #history #greetings #yearender2022
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: https://www.wallacecollection.org/art/collection/collection-highlights/jewelled-dagger/
#TheWallaceCollection #ArmsandArmor #ArmsandArmour #Dagger #Art #Armor #Mughal
#Mughal #armor #art #dagger #armsAndArmour #armsandarmor #thewallacecollection
'A Courtier Receiving a Divine Revelation'.
I would have preferred receiving some Sun-light on a foggy, cold #Delhi day!
c1700 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting from Dr. Claus Virch's estate sold by Sotheby's on 16th March 2016 (US$15,000).
Though the courtier bears resemblance to #Mughal ruler #Akbar, he may be archetypal - not a specific individual.
#India #DelhiWinter #DelhiWeather #Art #Paintings #IndianHistory #IndianCulture #Painting #IndianMiniaturePaintings #History #Heritage
#delhi #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting #Mughal #akbar #india #delhiwinter #DelhiWeather #art #paintings #IndianHistory #IndianCulture #painting #indianminiaturepaintings #history #heritage
This large, imposing & a very finely painted portrait of a #Monkey is a rare & important #Rajput #Painting
An interesting inscription reads 'The Monkey Husaini, Gift of Nawab Daud Khan'
Made c1700 AD at #Udaipur #Mewar #Rajasthan, this #Art was from the Cary Welch collection sold by Bonhams for £70,000.
Daud Khan was a courtier of the #Mughal Prince Mu'azzam (later Ruler Bahadur Shah-1) who presented this painting to the queen of #Rajasthani Ruler Amar Singh.
#monkey #rajput #painting #udaipur #Mewar #rajasthan #art #Mughal #Rajasthani #IndianHistory #india #heritage