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  "en": "Tansen — Encyclopedia.com"
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  "ar": "مدخل Encyclopedia.com عن تانسين، معنون بسنوات (1506–1589)؛ يختصر نشأته وتتلمذه على سوامي هاريداس وبلاطي غواليور وريوا ودعوة أكبر له ووفاته نحو 1589 ودفنه في غواليور بجوار قبر محمد غوث.",
  "en": "Encyclopedia.com entry on Tansen, headed with the years 1506–1589; it summarises his upbringing, his study under Swami Haridas, the Gwalior and Rewa courts, Akbar's invitation, his death around 1589 and his burial at Gwalior next to the tomb of Mohammad Ghaus."
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  "title": "Tansen",
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  "URL": "https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/tansen",
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  "reliability_note": "Reference entry headed 'TANSEN (1506–1589), Indian musician', read through its indexed text on 7 November 2026 (the page itself could not be fetched in this run, so no claim rests on anything beyond the indexed text). It names his father Markand Pandey, a poet of a village near Gwalior; his being sent to Vrindavan to study under the musician saint Swami Haridas; his appointment as court musician at Gwalior and then at Rewa; Akbar's invitation and the Navaratna honour; Abul Fazl's praise of him as chronicler of the reign; his gaurhar bani dhrupad style, reshaped with Persian nuances such as meend and gamaka; his codification of about four hundred ragas, with Sangita Sara and Ragamala as important documents; his wife Hussaini and their children; and his death at the age of eighty-three, around 1589, buried at Gwalior next to the tomb of Mohammad Ghaus. Its bibliography cites the Ain-i-Akbari in Blochmann's translation. Its 1506 birth year is one of the competing datings preserved in the person's born note.",
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