Padshahnama

Padshahnama

The cover of the Windsor Padshahnama
Author	Muhammad Amin Qazvini Jalaluddin Tabatabai Abdul Hamid Lahori
Language	Persian
Genre	Biography
Set in	17th century Mughal India
Publisher	Muhammad Waris
Publication date	1630–1637
Publication place	Mughal Empire (India)
Text	Padshahnama at Wikisource

Padshahnama or Badshah Nama (Persian: پادشاهنامه or پادشاه‌نامه; lit. 'The Book of the Emperor') is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I. Unillustrated texts are known as Shahjahannama, with Padshahnama used for the illustrated manuscript versions. These works are among the major sources of information about Shah Jahan's reign. Lavishly illustrated copies were produced in the imperial workshops, with many Mughal miniatures. Although military campaigns are given the most prominence, the illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the imperial court, depicting weddings and other activities.

The most significant work of this genre was written by Abdul Hamid Lahori, the pupil of Akbar's biographer Abdul Fazal, in two volumes. He could not write the third volume of this genre because of the infirmities of old age. ^[1]