Nimmatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi

A page from the Nimmatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi

The Nimmatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi (c. 1500) is a medieval Indian Persian language book of delicacies and recipes, and some accompanying paintings illustrating the preparation of the recipes. It was started for Ghiyath al -Din Khalji (r. 1469-1500), the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate in central India. After he was forced to abdicate, it was completed for his son 'Abd al-Muzaffar Nasir Shah. (r. 1500-10) .

Some of the illustrations have women painted wearing men's various types of Persian and Indian garments and turbans, including a specific style of turban which is also featured in Turkman style paintings of 1470s. Some of the attendants in the paintings have been depicted in the three-quarter view, which is usually a norm in Persian painting, whereas, in some paintings, Ghiath al Din and the women he is instructing in the culinary arts are shown in the profile view, which is a norm in Indian painting. The style of the surrounding landscape are influenced by the Turkmen style of the last third of the 15th century.

The Manuscript is in the British Library, London. It was first written about by Robert Skelton in 1959[1]

At least two artists collaborated in illustrating the Ni'mat nāmā.[2] These artists emphasized different features of Turkmen style of Shirazi painting that was contemporary at that time. The illustrations also introduced representations of indigenous costumes of Malwa and Indian facial types. Such stylistic innovations are also seen in paintings from the Cāurāpāncāsika (Chaurapanschasika) series. This suggests that reciprocal influences were at work between centers of painting of Muslim and Hindu patronage.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Skelton, Robert (1959). "The Ni'mat nama: A Landmark in Malwa Painting". marg. xi (3): 44–48.
  2. 1 2 M Bloom, Jonathan (2009). The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture Vol 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.

Further reading

  • Norah M. Titley (2004). The Ni'matnama Manuscript of the Sultans of Mandu: The Sultan's Book of Delights. Routledge. ISBN 1-134-26806-8.
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