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037			_cGifted _nUnknown
041			_aEnglish
082			_a954.025 _bRAG/AT
100			_aRaghavan, T.C.A
245			_aATTENDANT LORDS _b: Bairam Khan and Abdur Rahim Coutiers & Poets in Mughal India
250			_a1
260			_aHaryana _bHarper Collins _c2017
300			_g337
500			_aBairam Khan and his son, Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan were soldiers, poets and courtiers whose lives reflected the turbulent times they lived in. In telling their stories, Attendant Lords spans the reigns of four emperors -- Babur, Humayun, Akbar and Jahangir -- and covers over a hundred years of Mughal history, a time when these two noblemen were at the very heart of the court's labyrinthine politics. After Humayun's untimely death, Bairam Khan was regent to the young Emperor Akbar for four critical years. Abdur Rahim became one of the most important generals of the Mughal Empire, but he is best remembered for his literary prowess, most particularly for his famous 'dohas'. This unusual dual biography traces the lives of these two noblemen against the backdrop of the courtly intrigues, brutal power struggles and the grand literary endeavours of the Mughal court. And it looks at their afterlives -- how politics and the Hindi-Urdu debate reincarnated them as national heroes; how both men came to be seen as standing at the confluence of Hinduism and Islam; and how history, religion and literature combine in the broader context of nationalism and nation building.
650			_aHistory of India
650			_aMughal Empire
650			_aCollective biography
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999			_c198819 _d198819