Tombs of Raskhan and Taj Bibi

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 1

1. P. promotes tombs of Muslim devotees of Krishna for tourism.

Raskhan or Syed Ibrahim Khan 

• He was a 16th century Sufi Muslim poet born either in Amroha or Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh. 
• He became a follower of Krishna and spent his life in Vrindavan. 
• He accepted Krishna as the supreme god (Svayam Bhagavan) and became a Vaishnava.
• He died in 1628 AD.
• His samadhi is at Mahaban, about six miles east of Mathura.
• He translated Bhagavata Purana into Persian.
• The poetry of Raskhan focuses on Lord Krishna.
• Rachnavali is the collection of Raskhan’s poetry
• His poetry is in the form of Doha, Padawali and Savayya.
• Raskhan’s Khariboli writings are numerous, the five most important being the Sujana Raskhana, the Premavatika, the Danalila, the Astayama and a collection of Padas (rhymed couplets).

Taj Bibi, 

• She is also known as the ‘Mughal Mirabai ’, was the daughter of a Muslim nobleman, appointed by the Mughals to protect the Gokul area. 
• Taj Bibi wrote poetry during the Mughal time when the ruling class belonged to the Muslim religion. 
• She had shown great courage by giving up recitation of Kalma Quran and announcing that she was a Hindu devotee.
• Taj Bibi was married to Emperor Akbar.
• Emperor Akbar had great reverence for Gusain Shri Vitthalnath Ji and he used to come to Govardhan from time to time to have darshan of Gusain Ji.
• Once Taj Bibi came to Govardhan to see Gusain Ji with permission from Akbar.
• Taj Bibi returned to Delhi after a few days as per Akbar’s orders.