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Translation and State : The Mahābhārata at the Mughal Court / ed. by Michael Willis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Beyond Boundaries : Religion, Region, Language and the State ; 1Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (XVII, 265 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110501520
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Translation and State -- Chapter 2 The Preface to the Razmnāmah -- Chapter 3 Writing, Reading, Wondering -- Chapter 4 Post-Script -- Appendix 1 Notations in British Library Razmnāmah Add. 5642 -- Appendix 2 Colophon of the Jaipur Razmnāmah and its Seals and notations -- Appendix 3 The Philadelphia Fragment of Abū al-Faz̤l's Preface -- Appendix 4 Colophon, Notations and Seal of the Razmnāmah in the India Office Collection (IO Islamic 762) -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- The British Library Razmnāmah Manuscript
Summary: In 1587, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak - a favourite at the Mughal court and author of the Akbarnāmah - completed his Preface to the Persian translation of the Mahābhārata. This book is the first detailed study of Abū al-Faz̤l's Preface. It offers insights into manuscript practices at the Mughal court, the role a Persian version of the Mahābhārata was meant to play, and the religious interactions that characterised 16th-century India.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Translation and State -- Chapter 2 The Preface to the Razmnāmah -- Chapter 3 Writing, Reading, Wondering -- Chapter 4 Post-Script -- Appendix 1 Notations in British Library Razmnāmah Add. 5642 -- Appendix 2 Colophon of the Jaipur Razmnāmah and its Seals and notations -- Appendix 3 The Philadelphia Fragment of Abū al-Faz̤l's Preface -- Appendix 4 Colophon, Notations and Seal of the Razmnāmah in the India Office Collection (IO Islamic 762) -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- The British Library Razmnāmah Manuscript

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In 1587, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak - a favourite at the Mughal court and author of the Akbarnāmah - completed his Preface to the Persian translation of the Mahābhārata. This book is the first detailed study of Abū al-Faz̤l's Preface. It offers insights into manuscript practices at the Mughal court, the role a Persian version of the Mahābhārata was meant to play, and the religious interactions that characterised 16th-century India.

Issued also in print.

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