Abdur rahim khankhana biography

Mughal court poet and way (1556–1627)

KhanzadaMirzaKhanAbdul Rahim (17 December 1556 – 1 Oct 1627), popularly known as simply Rahim and titled Khan-i-Khanan, was a lyricist who lived in India during say publicly rule of Mughal emperor Akbar, who was Rahim's mentor. He was upper hand of the nine important ministers (dewan) in Akbar's court, known as prestige Navaratnas. Rahim was known for coronate Hindustani dohe (couplets)^[1] and his books on astrology.^[2]

Biography

Abdul Rahim was born breach Delhi,^[3] the son of Bairam Caravanserai, Akbar's trusted guardian and mentor, who was of Turkic extraction. When Humayun returned to India from his refugee, he asked his nobles to fashion matrimonial alliances with various zamindars dominant feudal lords across the nation. Humayun married the elder daughter of Khanzada Jamal Khan of Mewat (now primacy Nuh district of Haryana) and filth asked Bairam Khan to marry decency younger daughter.

The Gazetteer of Ulwur (Alwar) states:

After Babur's death, wreath successor, Humayun, in 1540 was supplanted as ruler by the PashtunSher Noble Suri, who, in 1545, was followed by Islam Shah. During the novel of the latter, a battle was fought and lost by the emperor's troops at Firozpur Jhirka, in Mewat. However, Islam Shah did not completion his hold on power. Adil Regnant, the third of the Pathan interlopers, who succeeded Islam Shah in 1552, had to contend for the power with Humayun.^[4]

In these struggles for rank restoration of Babur's dynasty the Khanzadas apparently do not figure at title. Humayun seems to have conciliated them by marrying the elder daughter concede Khanzada Jamal Khan, nephew of Babur's opponent, Khanzada Hasan Khan Mewati, add-on by requiring his minister, Bairam Caravansary, to marry the younger daughter grounding the same Mewati.^[4]

The Khanzadas,^[5] the commune family of Muslim Jadon (also distinct as Jadaun) Rajputs, converted to Mohammedanism after Islamic conquest of northern India.^[6] Khanzada, is the Persian form chastisement the Indic word 'Rajput'. They were the Mewatti chiefs of the Farsi historians, who were the representatives discern the lords of Mewat State.^[7]

Khanzada, skin "the son of a Khan" practical precisely the Musalman equivalent to interpretation Hindu Rajput or "son of smart Raja " ...

— From Punjab Castes because of Denzil Ibbetson^[8]

After Bairam Khan was murdered in Patan, Gujarat, his first better half and young Rahim were brought in one piece from Delhi to Ahmedabad and blaze at the royal court of Akbar, who gave him the title always 'Mirza Khan', and subsequently married him to Mah Banu (Moon Lady) girl of Mirza Aziz Kokah, son go together with Ataga Khan, a noted Mughal noble.^[3]

Later, Bairam Khan's second wife, Salima Queenly Begum (Rahim's stepmother) married her relation, Akbar, which made Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khan also his stepson, and later purify became one of his nine obvious ministers, the Navaratnas, or nine jewellery. Aside from being a poet, Rahim Khan was also a general obtain was sent to deal with authority rebellions in Gujarat and later served as the overall commander in rank campaigns in Maharashtra.

He received interpretation position and title of Khan-i-Khanan (Generalissimus, Persian خان خانان, DMG khān-i khānān, meaning "Khan of Khans").

Abdul Rahim was known for his strange nature when giving alms to the speedy. He never looked at the for my part he was giving alms to, responsibility his gaze downwards in all modesty. When Tulsidas heard about Rahim's manners when giving alms, he promptly wrote a couplet and sent it nigh Rahim:-

"ऐसी देनी देंन ज्यूँ, कित सीखे हो सैन
ज्यों ज्यों कर ऊंच्यो करो, त्यों त्यों निचे नैन"

"Why churn out alms like this? Where did cheer up learn that? Your hands are though high as your eyes are low"

Realising that Tulsidas was well increase in value of the reasons behind his doings, and was merely giving him trivial opportunity to say a few pass the time in reply, he wrote to Tulsidas saying:-

"देनहार कोई और है, भेजत जो दिन रैन
लोग भरम हम पर करे, तासो निचे नैन"

"The Giver levelheaded someone else, giving day and night-time. But the world gives me righteousness credit, so I lower my eyes."

He was considered a Persophile.^[9]

Campaign despoil Mewar

In 1580, Rahim was appointed chimpanzee the chief of Ajmer by Akbar. Around the same time, Akbar fit him to lead another campaign overwhelm Maharana Pratap in order to identify or kill him. Rahim placed dominion family in Sherpura and advanced be realistic Mewar. Pratap took up a circumstance on the hilly pass of Dholan to check the Mughal advance. Rest period, his son Prince Amar Singh invaded Sherpura and succeeded in capturing probity women of Rahim's family and worn out them to Mewar. However, Pratap rebuked his son for capturing the squadron and ordered him to return them back with honor to Rahim.^[10]

Major works

Apart from writing various dohas, Rahim translated Babar's memoirs, Baburnama, from the Turkic language to the Persian language, which was completed in 1589–90. He challenging an excellent command of the Indic language.^[11]

In Sanskrit, he wrote two books on astrology, Khetakautukam (Devanagari: खेटकौतुकम्) see Dwatrimshadyogavali (Devanagari: द्वात्रिंशद्योगावली).

Tomb

His tomb review situated in Nizamuddin East on distinction Mathura road, near Humayun's Tomb, sight New Delhi. He built it aim for his wife in 1598, and her highness body was placed in it extort 1627.^[12] In 1753–54, marble and sandstone from this tomb was used carry the construction of Safdarjung's Tomb, as well in New Delhi.^{[12][13][14][15]}

In 2014, the InterGlobe Foundation and the Aga Khan Look forward to for Culture announced a project conform conserve and restore Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan's tomb.^[16]

The tomb sits prominently along depiction Mathura Road, formerly the Mughal Gorgeous Trunk Road, and lies close confess the Dargah of Nizamuddin Auliya point of view Humayun's Tomb. In 2020, after shake up years of restoration work by blue blood the gentry Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Rahim Khan's tomb was opened to goodness public.^[17] It is one of excellence largest conservation projects ever undertaken contract any monument of national importance modern India. For its architecture and intent, it has often been compared portray Taj Mahal.^[18]

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