Genealogie des Empereurs Mogols Depuis Tamerlan ou Tamerlan

Interesting pair of maps, Genealogical tree and 3 indigenous views of the Mogol Empire, from Chatelain's Atlas Historique. Taken from Atlas Historique published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720.

In 7 volumes, this Atlas is innovative for his time, because combines maps and engravings and informations of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry.

This is a genealogy of the Mughal rulers of Central Asia and India. The genealogy starts with Tamerlane, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, and includes such notable figures as Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb and Furrksiyar, who was the incumbent Mughal Emperor at the time of the Atlas’ publication.

The genealogy is itself part of a larger collage. It is flanked to the left and right by maps of Mughal India and the Kingdom of Kachimere. Towards the bottom, there are three vignettes which show a couple of dueling elephants, an image of the royal court, and a traditional Mughal death ritual..

Henri Abraham Chatelain (1684 - 1743) was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origins. He is best known as a Dutch cartographer and more specifically for his cartographic contribution in the seminal seven volume Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam between 1705 and 1720. Innovative for its time, the Atlas Historique combined fine engraving and artwork with scholarly studies of geography, history, ethnology, heraldry, and cosmography. Some scholarship suggests that the Atlas Historique was not exclusively compiled by Henri Chatelain, as is commonly believed, but rather was a family enterprise involving Henri, his father Zacharie and his brother, also Zacharie.

Copper engraving with fine later hand colour, in excellent condition.