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30/10/22 06:15 AM IST

Taj Bibi and Raskhan

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  • Recently tourism department of Uttar Pradesh has redeveloped the tombs of Raskhan and Taj Bibi (both devotees of Lord Krishna) as a tourist complex with an open-air theatre.
Raskhan 
  • Raskhan or Syed Ibrahim Khan was a 16th-century Sufi Muslim poet born either in Amroha or Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh.
  • Raskhan was his pen name in Hindi.
  • In his early years, he became a follower of Sri Krishna and learned the religion from Goswami Vitthalnath and spent his life in
  • His poetry is in the form of Doha, Padawali and Savayya.
  • Writings: Raskhan’s Khariboli writings are numerous, the five most important being the Sujana Raskhana, the Premavatika (most popular), the Danalila, the Astayama and a collection of Padas (rhymed couplets).
Taj Bibi 
  • Taj Bibi- aka the ‘Mughal Mirabai’, was born in the 17th century as the daughter of a Muslim nobleman Padna Khan.
  • Taj Bibi was married to Emperor Akbar and was appointed by the Mughals to protect the Gokul area.
  • She wrote poetry during the Mughal time when the ruling class belonged to the Muslim religion.
Source- The Hindu 

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