Bunyad - A Journal of Urdu Studies, Lahore University of Management Sciences - Lahore

بنیاد (مجّلہ دراساتِ اردو)

Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature
ISSN (print): 2225-6083
ISSN (online): 2709-9687
Abstract

Majalis-e Jahangiri is a chronicle written by Abdus Sattar, a courtier of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. The book is based on the minutes of day-to-day proceedings of Jahangir’s darbār. The table of contents mentions 122 sittings but the text contains 114. This article analyzes the content and themes of these sittings and highlights the important aspects such as literary, religious and jurisprudential debates. Of the debates mentioned in the book, the following has been discussed in this article: The debate between Christianity and Islam, defended by Jerome Xavier, the author of ‘Āina-e Haq Numā and Islamic scholars of Jahangir's court respectively.

Author(s):

Department of History, University of Tehran, Iran

Pakistan

  • sefatgol@ut.ac.ir

Dr. Fatima Fayyaz

Assistant Professor

Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore

Pakistan

  • fatima.fayyaz@lums.edu.pk

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 11
Issue: 1
Language: Urdu
Id: 5f9888a956976
Pages 53 - 70
Published June 30, 2020
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