#akshayvat #bargad #tree # pilgrimage #allahabad #prayagraj – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Sat, 13 May 2023 05:13:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #akshayvat #bargad #tree # pilgrimage #allahabad #prayagraj – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 AkshayVat in Allahabad/ Prayagraj https://ranasafvi.com/akshayvat-in-allahabad-prayagraj/ https://ranasafvi.com/akshayvat-in-allahabad-prayagraj/#respond Sat, 13 May 2023 05:13:26 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=38590 AkshayVat is a Bargad tree in Allahabad / Prayag Raj, under which Lord Rama took shelter in banbaas and gave it vardaan of longevity
We can’t photograph it from inside since its in army area but it was an amazing sight

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/akshayvat-in-allahabad-prayagraj/feed/ 0 38590 Saber with Scabbard,grip, 18th or 19th century; guard and scabbard, 19th century; blade, dated A.H. 1099/A.D. 1688; decoration on blade, 19th century~ Met Museum https://ranasafvi.com/saber-with-scabbardgrip-18th-or-19th-century-guard-and-scabbard-19th-century-blade-dated-a-h-1099-a-d-1688-decoration-on-blade-19th-century-met-museum/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 05:31:22 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/saber-with-scabbardgrip-18th-or-19th-century-guard-and-scabbard-19th-century-blade-dated-a-h-1099-a-d-1688-decoration-on-blade-19th-century-met-museum/

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The most important ceremony in the inauguration of many Islamic rulers was the investiture with a sword, rather than a crown. This extravagantly decorated saber traditionally is said to have been refitted in 1876 for the investiture of the Ottoman sultan Murad V (reigned May 30–August 31, 1876). He suffered a nervous breakdown before the ceremony and subsequently was deposed and kept a prisoner until his death in 1904.

The sword was probably assembled by a court jeweler, using a seventeenth-century Iranian blade, an eighteenth-century Indian jade grip, and gem-studded gold and gilt-brass mounts of contemporary workmanship. The emerald near the top of the scabbard opens to reveal a secret compartment containing a gold coin marked with the name of Süleyman the Magnificent (1494–1566), the most powerful Ottoman ruler of the sixteenth century. The underside of the emerald is inscribed with the phrase “According to God’s will.”

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/22871

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