TY  - GEN
AU  - Haidar, Navina Najat
AU  - Sardar, Marika
TI  - Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700 opulence and fantasy
SN  - 9780300211108
U1  - 720.95 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Metropolitan Museum of Art
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Director's Foreword Thomas P. Campbell vii
Preface and Acknowledgments Navina Najat Haidar viii
Lenders to the Exhibition  xi
Maps'  xii
THE DECCAN
A GOLDEN AGE 1
A History of the Deccan, 1500-1700 Richard M. Eaton 3
The Art of the Deccan Courts 15
Navina Najat Haidar
The Bahmanis and Their Artistic Legacy 29
Marika Sardar
Catalogue 1-6 34
AHMADNAGAR AND BERAR 43
Catalogue 7-21 55
BIJAPUR 77
Catalogue 22-71 84
The Art of Abri: Marbled Album Leaves, Drawings, and Paintings of the Deccan Jake Benson 157
Catalogue 72-80 160
BIDAR 171
Bidri Ware John Robert Alderman 179
Catalogue 81-95 181
GOLCONDA 195
Catalogue 96-151 202
Inscribed Sacred Vessels Abdullah Ghouchani, Marika Sardar, and Navina Najat Haidar 259
Catalogue 152-159 261
The Courtly Tradition of Kalamkaris Marika Sardar 269
Catalogue 160-165 271
DRAWN TO THE DECCAN MUGHALS AND EUROPEANS IN THE DECCAN 279
The Mughals in the Deccan Terence Mclnerney 281
Burhanpur and Aurangabad Marika Sardar 285
Catalogue 166-183 288
Europeans in the Deccan Sanjay Subrahmanyam 309
Catalogue 184-196 313
Diamonds of the Deccan Navina Najat Haidar 325
Catalogue 197-207 327
EPILOGUE Hyderabad under the Asafjahi Nizams William Dalrymple 335
APPENDIX Excerpts from the Tarikh-i Muhammad Qutb Shah Maryam Ekhtiar 345
Rulers of the Deccan Sultanates 346
Literature for Objects in the Exhibition Compiled by Courtney A. Stewart 347
Bibliography 351
Index 362
Photograph Credits 368


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