'The Resourceful Fakirs: Three Fakir brothers at the Sikh court of Lahore' a talk by Mr. Fakir Aijazuddin at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 5pm on 4th March 2014
Time : 5:00 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture on ‘The Resourceful Fakirs: Three Fakir brothers at the Sikh court of Lahore’ by Mr. Fakir Aijazuddin, Writer, Historian and Columnist, Pakistan.
Abstract : Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Punjab was welded for the first and only time in its tumultuous history into a unified kingdom. The lecture traces the history of this colourful period in an original and intriguing way—through the careers of three Muslim brothers who were courtiers at the Sikh Darbar of Lahore.
Fakir Azizuddin served as the Maharaja’s indispensable spokesman and trusted negotiator in all the dealings he had with the neighbours surrounding his expanding kingdom, including the increasingly powerful British. It was a tribute to Azizuddin’s skill that throughout the 30 years of their association, he enjoyed the unalloyed confidence of the canny Maharaja. Fakir Imamuddin held the keys to Govindgarh Fort (near Amritsar) where the fabled Sikh treasury and armoury were located. Their youngest brother Fakir Nuruddin occupied a position of prominence at the court and, after Ranjit Singh’s death in 1839, acted as a member of the Regency Council during the minority of the young Maharaja Duleep Singh.
Speaker : Mr. Fakir Aijazuddin is one of Pakistan’s leading scholars and art-historians whose speciality has been the history of 19th century Punjab. He has published a number of books, the first of which was Pahari Paintings and Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum(1977), a catalogue of the miniature paintings collection in the Lahore Museum. His second book Sikh Portraits by European Artists (1979) was a biographical study of the paintings in the Princes Bamba Collection, Lahore Fort. The collection had once belonged to Maharaja Duleep Singh. Amongst his other books are two books on Lahore, one on rare maps of Pakistan, an account of Henry Kissinger’s secret visit to China in 1971, another on US-Pakistan diplomatic relations between 1969 and 1974, and two on his alma mater Aitchison College, Lahore to commemorate its centenary and its 125th anniversary. He is a regular columnist for Pakistan’s leading daily DAWN.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Public Lecture on ‘The Resourceful Fakirs: Three Fakir brothers at the Sikh court of Lahore’ by Mr. Fakir Aijazuddin, Writer, Historian and Columnist, Pakistan.
Abstract : Under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Punjab was welded for the first and only time in its tumultuous history into a unified kingdom. The lecture traces the history of this colourful period in an original and intriguing way—through the careers of three Muslim brothers who were courtiers at the Sikh Darbar of Lahore.
Fakir Azizuddin served as the Maharaja’s indispensable spokesman and trusted negotiator in all the dealings he had with the neighbours surrounding his expanding kingdom, including the increasingly powerful British. It was a tribute to Azizuddin’s skill that throughout the 30 years of their association, he enjoyed the unalloyed confidence of the canny Maharaja. Fakir Imamuddin held the keys to Govindgarh Fort (near Amritsar) where the fabled Sikh treasury and armoury were located. Their youngest brother Fakir Nuruddin occupied a position of prominence at the court and, after Ranjit Singh’s death in 1839, acted as a member of the Regency Council during the minority of the young Maharaja Duleep Singh.
Speaker : Mr. Fakir Aijazuddin is one of Pakistan’s leading scholars and art-historians whose speciality has been the history of 19th century Punjab. He has published a number of books, the first of which was Pahari Paintings and Sikh Portraits in the Lahore Museum(1977), a catalogue of the miniature paintings collection in the Lahore Museum. His second book Sikh Portraits by European Artists (1979) was a biographical study of the paintings in the Princes Bamba Collection, Lahore Fort. The collection had once belonged to Maharaja Duleep Singh. Amongst his other books are two books on Lahore, one on rare maps of Pakistan, an account of Henry Kissinger’s secret visit to China in 1971, another on US-Pakistan diplomatic relations between 1969 and 1974, and two on his alma mater Aitchison College, Lahore to commemorate its centenary and its 125th anniversary. He is a regular columnist for Pakistan’s leading daily DAWN.
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'The Resourceful Fakirs: Three Fakir brothers at the Sikh court of Lahore' a talk by Mr. Fakir Aijazuddin at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 5pm on 4th March 2014
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