Rahim (Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan)

He was in news as recently his tomb was opened to the public after six years of restoration work.

• Rahim was one of the Navratnas, a reputed military commander, and a poet in the court of Emperor Akbar.
• He is known as the proponent of a secular all-embracing all-encompassing culture of inclusiveness.

Contribution/Initiative

• Literature: He wrote extensively in Braj, Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian. He translated Babur’s autobiography Baburnama from Turkish to Persian.

Contemporaries

• Tansen: ‘Ramtanu’ was his birth name and was a disciple of Swami Haridas in earlier days and later on, he learned music from Hazrat Muhammad Ghaus. He was ....