The school of Bijapur had royal patrons. Given below are two statements about Ali Adil Shah I:
Statement I: He patronised the school of Bijapur.
Statement II: He was an expert in Indian music and wrote a book on it, the Nauras-nama.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Statement I: He patronised the school of Bijapur. — Correct. Ali Adil Shah I (1558–1580) and his successor Ibrahim II were the patrons of the school of Bijapur.
Statement II: He was an expert in Indian music and wrote a book on it, the Nauras-nama. — Incorrect. This was his successor, Ibrahim II, who was an expert in Indian music and wrote the Nauras-nama.
NCERT (2026-27): “Bijapur School of Painting …Paintings from Bijapur in the sixteenth century have a richly illustrated encyclopaedia known as the Nujum al-Ulum dated 1570. Among the 876 miniatures, which adorn this remarkable little volume, many illustrate weapons and utensils, while others the constellations. The women are shown in south Indian dress, tall and slender as those in the Ragamala paintings. The school of Bijapur was patronised by Ali Adil Shah I (1558–1580) and his successor Ibrahim II (1580–1627), both patrons of art and literature. The latter was also an expert in Indian music and author of a book on this subject, Nauras-nama.” |