Chahar-Bagh, A Newly Found Transcriptof Timurid Era of India

The newly found transcript of Chahar-Bagh by Hakim Abolfath Gilani, is one of the prominent transcripts of Timurid era in India. Hakim Abolfath Gilani is one of the prominent scholars of Safavid dynasty who belonged to a very prestigious family. He immigrated to the court of Jalal al-Din Mohammad Akbar of India due to disturbance in political situation of Safavids. He managed to gain high positions in Akbar’s court. The transcript of Chahar-Bagh is a set of letters, decrees, texts and writings which Hakim Abolfath Gilani has written to different significant court individuals, governors and scholars of that time. These letters are important because of their socio-political, historical- geographical and particularly literary focus. Some of these letters are well descriptive of the turbulent situation of Iran in time of Safavids that paved way for the immigration of different professionals from Iran to India specifically the elites and scholars.