Alwar State Museum – 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 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:17:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg Alwar State Museum – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Alwar State Museum https://ranasafvi.com/alwar-state-museum/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 19:17:43 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=11406 ya mujhe afsar-e-shahana banaya hota,

ya mera taj gadayana banaya hota

(Either you should have made me a Chief of Kings

Or you should have made my Crown a like a beggar’S bowl)

A beautiful pensive Bahadur Shah Zafar portrait in #AlwarStateMuseum

Tarjuma Bhagwad Gita

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Karima by Sheikh Dadi

Jahangir playing Holi with the harem ladies

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Don’t let the stink of the lavatory put you off.

Treasures await you in the Alwar State Museum.

Since photography wasn’t allowed I’m sending images from the guide book

The waqeat e baburi: colours were leaping out. Bears imperial seal

Year not given but since Adham Khan’s tomb is in background it must be after that.

Maybe Ali Nadeem Rezavi can tell more

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