Jono Oud N.Z
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LOL
From the 'Baburnama' (1589–90)
(Miniature - A Prince Enthroned surrounded by Attendants circa 1425-1430 Timurid period Herat).
[file]26874[/file]
A miniature from the Baburnameh)
[file]26875[/file](1483-1530)
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muhssin
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I don´t see any oud! or am I missing something else here??
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Jono Oud N.Z
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Hi.
The story is most probably referring to an oud although it just says 'lutanist' in my translation.
I thought the picture on the Word doc was appropriate with the guy on the left being about to be hit with something, perhaps if the picture is related
he had put the oud down for his punishment.
(The picture may not be related at all but is funny though).
Here is a Timurid miniature with an oud from the Period.
[file]26877[/file]
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I don´t know why people on pictures from that time all look like chines. Arabs don´t have slit-eyes
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These paintings are from Herat, a good long way northeast of the Arab lands. And the ruling families originated in lands even further east. I'm sure
there were a few Arabs in the court of Herat and other central asian centers, but it might not be politically expedient for a painter to depict them
as such.
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Jono Oud N.Z
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The Timurid court of Sultan Huseyn Mirza Bayqara (1438-1506) in Herat became the center for maqam court music after Abbasid Baghdad.
Herati court music was the model for the early court music of the Ottoman's.
The Timurid's spread to India in the 1500's and were called the Mughal's (Persian for the Mongol's).
Many musicians from Tabriz were taken to Istanbul in the 1500's and were called the 'Ajamlar and 'Hindlar' - the 'Persians' and the 'Indians'.
1. 'Safi al-Din was the most prominent court musician at the court of the last Abbasid Caliph Al-Mustasim. He was present during the destruction of
Baghdad by the mongol armies of Hulagu Khan in 1258. Thanks to Safi al-Din’s reputation as a great musician, Hulagu, after hearing his performances
on the oud, spared him and his family and possessions. Safi al-Din then served Hulagu and was paid an income of 10,000 pieces of gold. He became the
music tutor of the two sons of the Mongol vizier Shams al-Din Juwani'.
2. 'The most important theorist, musician and composer of the Timurid period was Abdul-Qadir Maraghi. Maraghi was born in Maragha in Azerbaijan around
the middle of the 14th century. Maraghi became a court minstrel of the Jalayirid Sultan al-Husayn in the late 14th century. The Jalayirid’s were
based in Iraq and Western Persia; they only ruled for half a century and were conquered by the Timurid’s. Timur Khan conquered Baghdad in 1393 and
Adbul-Qadir Maraghi was taken with Timur to Samarkand, the Timurid capital. Later Maraghi served Timur’s son Miranshah in Tabriz'.
(from my Timurid court chapter I am busy writing).
Also the oud player on the last miniature may possibly be Ghulam i-Shadi, who Demetrie Cantemir refers to as 'Ghulam the Arabian'. He does looks Arab
to me compared to the others, who seem to be of various nationality's.
The courts of the Timurid's were multicultural places, there were Mongols, Turks, Persians, Arabs, Jews and Indians (etc).
There was a strong Chinese influence on 'Persian' painting as well.
This partly explains the eyes. 
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Jono Oud N.Z
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More Timurid period miniatures
[file]26910[/file]
[file]26900[/file]
(The last painting is of Sultan Huseyn Mirza Bayqara, by Behhzad 1490's).
[file]26902[/file]
[file]26906[/file]
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Quote: Originally posted by Jono Oud N.Z  | Hi.
The story is most probably referring to an oud although it just says 'lutanist' in my translation.
I thought the picture on the Word doc was appropriate with the guy on the left being about to be hit with something, perhaps if the picture is related
he had put the oud down for his punishment.
(The picture may not be related at all but is funny though).
Here is a Timurid miniature with an oud from the Period.
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I think the guy on the right could be waving a fly whisk?
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Jono Oud N.Z
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Hey.
It could well be, lol.
By the way, the updates on your site are excellent.
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David Parfitt
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Thanks - I'm adding new stuff all the time, so keep checking back!
All the best
David
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