takht-i rawan
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[edit]takht-i rawan (plural takht-i rawans)
- Alternative form of takhtrawan.
- 2012, Arshia Shafqat, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, volume 73, page 242:
- As we all know Aurangzeb spent last 26 years (1681-1707) of his life in tents and military campaigns in southern India (Deccan)... So from 1699 onwards, Imperial Court with Emperor in his takht-i rawan (portable throne) with all its paraphernalia did not remain stationary... as it was constantly on move.
- 2019 December, Nazer Aziz Anjum, “Officials' Transport in Mughal India”, in Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, volume 80, page 431:
- One of the open palanquins which the Mughal emperors, especially Aurangzeb, preferred, was Takht-i rawan. At one occasion in 1662, the Dutch had presented 'several articles of Chinese and Japanese workmanship; among which were a paleky and a Tack-ravan or travelling throne, of exquisite beauty, and much admired'.