Gunsamundra

Gunsamundra (in white) and his son Khushal Khan (in pink) can be seen at the wedding procession of Dara Shikoh. Names are inscribed. Royal Collection Trust, London.

Lal Khan was a musician in the court of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who conferred the title of Gunsamundra on him on 19 November 1637.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Fyzee-Rahamin, Atiya Begum (1979). "The Music of India".
  2. ^ Avtar, Ram (1987). History of Indian Music and Musicians. ISBN 9788187155645.
  3. ^ Allison Busch (March 2010). "Hidden in Plain View: Brajbhasha Poets at the Mughal Court". Modern Asian Studies. 44 (2). Cambridge University Press: 285. JSTOR 27764657. Descendants of Tansen such as Lal Khan (son-in-law of Tamsen's son Bilas) and Lal Khan's sons, Khush-hal and Vishram, maintained the tradition of druhpad at the Mughal court...The Pādshāhnāmah mentions that Lal Khan was rewarded with an elephant and the title "guna samudra" (ocean of talent).

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