The ''Shahjahannama'' (; ) is a genre of works written about the Mughal Emperor

Shah Jahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked the ...

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Padshahnama Padshahnama or ''Badshah Nama'' (; ) is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I. Unillustrated texts are known as ''Shahjahannama'', with ''Padshahnama'' used for the illustrated manuscri ...

'' is a term for lavishly illuminated versions. A significant work in this genre was written by the historian

Inayat Khan Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan (; 5 July 1882 – 5 February 1927) was an Indian professor of musicology, singer, exponent of the saraswati vina, poet, philosopher, and pioneer of the transmission of Sufism to the West. At the urging of his students ...

in the 17th century. The first complete English translation from Persian appeared in the 19th century by A. R. Fuller.

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* * Mughal literature 17th-century Indian books 17th-century history books History books about the 17th century History books about India Indian literature Books about the Mughal Empire Indian chronicles Mughal royal books 17th-century Persian books {{india-hist-book-stub