Image of Or.12076 f.23v The god Agni creating the fire to help by Persian School, (16th century)

Or.12076 f.23v The god Agni creating the fire to help his father-in-law Raja Niladhvaja of...

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Image title: Or.12076 f.23v The god Agni creating the fire to help his father-in-law Raja Niladhvaja of Malwa whilst Arjuna quenches the flames with magic arrows which produced springs of water (Ahmad Kashmiri) from the 'Razmnāmah' (ʻBook of Warʼ), translation of the Mahabharata by Naqib Khan, 1598 (vellum)
Artist: Persian School, (16th century) / Persian
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: ink, colour and gold on vellum
Date: 1598 AD (C16th AD)

Image description: The Razmnāma (Book of War) (رزم نامہ) is a Persian translation of the Mahabharata. In Persian, “Razm” means “war” and "nama" means “tale” or “epic”; the name Razmnamah, therefore, means a tale of war. In 1574 Akbar started a Maktab Khana or a house of translation works in Fatehpur Sikri. He endorsed the work to a few officials to make translations of the Sanskrit books Rajatarangini, Ramayana and Mahabharata into the Persian language.
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