A Young Prince With Mystics; Mughal Period India; circa 1635 CE | Click image for larger view.
The Mughal Prince Dara Shikuh (1615-59 CE), the eldest and favourite son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, was profoundly interested in mysticism and his writings centre on Sufi topics and poetry. A noted patron of the arts and calligraphy, the prince presented his wife with an album of paintings and calligraphy now known as the Dara Shikuh Album and held in the British Library. The present portrait is compositionally and stylistically very similar to paintings in the album by an artist identified by Falk and Archer as “Artist B” (Falk and Archer 1981, pp. 73, 383). It has been suggested that “Artist B” was influenced by the work of Govardhan, the celebrated Mughal painter whose paintings of sages and ascetics are full of life, psychological depth, a subdued palette and perspective. All of these elements are present in this extraordinary portrait. On the reverse of the album leaf is a calligraphy specimen by Muhammad Husayn of Kashmir, the famous Akbari calligrapher known as “Golden Pen” (Zarin Qalam). –Aga Khan Museum
These fifty-six North Indian Classical Music recordings have been shared by Aftab Datta – my generous friend, and comrade at sarangi.info.
hai rang-e laalah-o-gul-o-nasrii;N judaa judaa
har rang me;N bahaar kaa i;sbaat chaahiye
the color of tulip and rose and eglantine is each one separate
in every mood/aspect/’color’, a proof of spring is needed
Ali Ahmed Khan – Shahana
Amanat Ali & Fateh Ali Khan – Aimen (tarana)
Amanat Ali & Fateh Ali Khan – Madhuvanti
Asad Ali Khan (Agra) – Purvi
Badar Zaman & Qamar Zaman – Dhani (APMC 2007)
Bade Ghulam Ali Khan – Miyan Malhar
Bundu Khan – Desi
Bundu Khan – Jaijaivanti
Chote Ghulam Ali Khan – Megh (Radio Pakistan)
Fayyaz Khan – Chayyanat
Ghulam Shabbir & Ghulam Jaffar – Hijaz
Habib Ali Beenkar – Hamir
Hamid Hussain – Bheem
Hirabai Barodekar – Todi
Ikram Wahid – Bhairavi (Radio Pakistan)
Kabir – Shree
Kumar Prasad Mukherjee – Barwa
Laddan Khan – Marwa
Latafat Hussain Khan – Megh
Manzoor Khan – Hindol Bahar
Mohammad Akhtar – Basant
Mohammad Salim – Miyan ki Todi (Radio Pakistan)
Moinuddin Khan – Bageshree
Mubarak Ali – Narayani
Musthaq Ali – Durga
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar – Durga (Khamaj Thaat)
Ram Narayan – Shankara
Narayan Rao Vyas – Gaud Malhar
Nasir Ahmed – Kedara
Parvatikar – Bhairav (Veena)
Parvatikar – Bhopali (Surmandal)
Sharif Khan Poonchewalay – Aimen (Veena)
Ravi Kitchlu – Bhairav
Radhika Mohan Maitra – Chayyabehag
Radhika Mohan Maitra – Kafi
Roshan Ali – Lalit
Roshan Ara Begum – Bageshree (Radio Pakistan)
Salamat Hussain – Gorakh Kalyan
Nazakat Ali & Salamat Ali Khan – Bairagi (live)
Nazakat Ali & Salamat Ali Khan – Gorakh Kalyan (live)
Nazakat Ali & Salamat Ali Khan – Suha Adana
Naseeruddin Saami – Jaijaivanti
Mohammad Hussain Sarahang – Shankara
Sarah Zaman – Hamir
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan – Ahir Bhairav (Radio Pakistan)
Ghulam Hassan Shaggan – Dadra
Shahida Parveen – Shankara (APMC 1987)
Sharafat Hussain – Malti Basant
Shashi Tripathi – Kabhi Kabhi (Bhimpalasi | Faiz tribute)
Sohni Khan – Aimen (Radio Pakistan)
Surendranath – Shankarabaran
Swami Vallabhdas – Gorakh Kalyan
Tarapada Chakraborty – Puriya Kalayan
Uday Bhawalkar – Puriya Dhanasree
Zakir Ali & Akhtar Ali – Marwa (Radio Pakistan)
Noor Zehra & Farukh Bashir – Behag
lot of clip of pure classical. i just lisen to dadra aof shaggan khan. now completed hijaz by gulam shabir and gulam jafar. the rags introduced by amir khusro named arabic like tarana, hindola (cradle) yeman. may be hijaz from khusro. this week i receved ample material for listing. thank timur khan