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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Indian queen (13-14th century C.E.) This article is about the Queen of Mewar. For the Indian actress, see Rani Padmini (actress). For the Malayalam film, see Rani Padmini (film). Rani Padmini Rani of Mewar An 18th-century painting of Padmini Spouse Ratnasimha Dynasty Guhila (by marriage ...
According to this poem, Alauddin Khalji attacked Chittorgarh to obtain his beautiful wife Rani Padmini; Alauddin captured the fort after Ratan Sen died in a combat with king Devpal of Kumbhalner; subsequently, Padmini and other women committed Jauhar to protect their honour. The historicity of this legend is disputed.
The later legends based on Malik Mohammad Jaisi's epic poem Padmavat state that Alauddin invaded Chittor to obtain Rani Padmini, the queen of Ratnasimha (called Ratan Sen or Ratan Singh in these legends). According to these legends, a man named Raghava told Alauddin about the extraordinary beauty of Padmini. [6]
In Padmavat, an epic poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540, [3] Nagmati is said to have been King Ratan Sen's first wife and chief queen, the head of his harem. [4] She awaits happily as her husband returns home to Chittor , but the happiness turns to jealousy and contempt when she hears that he has taken a second wife, Padmavati , the ...
Hemratan's Gora Badal Padmini Chaupai (1589 CE) follows a similar plot: Alauddin invades Chittor to obtain Ratan Sen's wife Padmini, and deceitfully captures Ratan Sen. [6] The frightened nobles of Chittor consider surrendering Padmini to Alauddin. But warriors Gora (or Goru) and Badal (or Badil) agree to defend her and rescue king Ratansen.
Padmavat (or Padmawat) is an epic poem written in 1540 by Sufi poet Malik Muhammad Jayasi, [1] who wrote it in the Hindustani language of Awadhi, [2] [3] and originally in the Persian Nastaʿlīq script. [4]
Padmini stood for the Rajput ideal of self-sacrificing bravery, mythologised for preferring death to capture by a Muslim. The earliest references to Padmini, however, come from two hundred years after her putative existence, in a poem called Padmavat. Sreenivasan showed that this work, along with other transmissions and translations of other ...
His epic Jauhar, depicting the self-sacrifice of Rani Padmini, a queen of Chittor, written in a folk style, [1] [page needed] became very popular in the 1940s. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Books