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| Keywords: The Burning of the Rajput women, during the siege of Chitor.jpg This page of the Akbarnama depicts the 'jauhar' or burning of the Rajput women following the fall of the fortress of Chitor in 1568 The women preferred to perish rather than be captured by the enemy and it is thought that as many as 300 women died in the event The Akbarnama was commissioned by the emperor Akbar as the official chronicle of his reign It was written by his court historian and biographer Abu'l Fazl between 1590 and 1596 and is thought to have been illustrated between about 1592 and 1594 by at least 49 different artists from Akbar's studio After Akbar's death in 1605 the manuscript remained in the library of his son Jahangir r 1605-1627 and later Shah Jahan r 1628-1658 The Victoria and Albert Museum purchased it in 1896 from Mrs Frances Clarke the widow of Major-General John Clarke who bought it in India while serving as Commissioner of Oudh between 1858 and 1862 1590-1595 painted Opaque watercolour and gold on paper Victoria and Albert Museum In Store object history Place of origin India north possibly made Pakistan possibly made credit line accession number IS 2 69-1896 Akbarnama http //collections vam ac uk/item/O9614/painting-the-burning-of-the-rajput/ PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Military history of the Mughal Empire Jauhar History of Rajasthan 16th-century Mughal miniatures 1590s paintings from India Chittorgarh Fort Akbarnama | ||||
