{"id":37484,"date":"2022-09-14T15:10:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-planetary-king\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:10:53","slug":"the-planetary-king","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-planetary-king\/","title":{"rendered":"The Planetary King"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humayun, the son of Babur and the second Mughal ruler, reigned in Agra from 1530 to 1540 and then in Delhi from 1555 to 1556. Until now, his numerous achievements, including winning back the throne of Hindustan, have not been well recorded. The Planetary King<\/em><\/strong> follows Humayun’s travels and campaigns during the political and social disturbances of the early 16th century. It delves into Humayun’s extraordinary social and intellectual life; demystifies his magico-scientific world view, draws attention to his deep involvement with literature, poetry, painting, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, occultism and extraordinary inventions, and offers a new analysis of Humayun’s mausoleum as the posthumous sum of his visions and dreams. <\/p>\n

The book accompanies the new site museum at Humayun’s tomb created by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture upon the culmination of two decades of conservation work on the World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n

Co-published with Aga Khan Trust for Culture, New Delhi. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A seminal inquiry into Humayun’s personality and his remarkable cultural achievements, The Planetary King restores the second Mughal emperor to his rightful place—‘as the founder of Mughal monarchic culture’.<\/p>\n

Preface and Acknowledgements
\nIntroduction
\n Part I: The Planetary King<\/strong>
\nAssessments of Humayun
\nHumayun’s Life
\nPart II: Humayun’s Inventions<\/strong>
\nInterests
\nInventions
\nHumayun’s Court: Reality or Literary Utopia?
\nHumayun and the Construction of the Mughal Myth: The Emperor as Sun King
\nHumayun as Founder of the Mughal School of Painting
\nHumayun’s Buildings
\nGardens and the Attitude to Nature
\n Part III: Humayun’s Tomb: Invention and Memorial of the Padshah<\/strong>
\nThe Architect and the Key Design
\nThe Garden and its Subsidiary Buildings
\nThe Mausoleum
\nConclusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":37485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523,21583],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-37484","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"product_cat-history","8":"author-by-author-ebba-koch","9":"publisher-mapin-publishing-gp-pty-ltd","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Planetary King - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/the-planetary-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Planetary King - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A seminal inquiry into Humayun’s personality and his remarkable cultural achievements, The Planetary King restores the second Mughal emperor to his rightful place—‘as the founder of Mughal monarchic culture’.Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Planetary King Assessments of Humayun Humayun’s Life Part II: Humayun’s Inventions Interests Inventions Humayun’s Court: Reality or Literary Utopia? 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