TY  - GEN
AU  - Parodi, Laura E. Ed.
TI  - Visual World of Muslim India : the art, culture and society of the Deccan in the early modern Era
SN  - 9781848857469
U1  - 709.54 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - London
PB  - I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
KW  - Building
KW  - India--Deccan
KW  - Islamic art
KW  - Antiquities
N1  - Contents
List of Illustrations            vii
List of Contributors      xiii
Foreword · Richard M. Eaton           xvii
Acknowledgements           xix
Introduction · Laura E. Parodi      xxi
Note on Transliteration and Conventions
PART 1 Shaping Factors in Urban Landscapes:   xxxi
Symbols, Rituals, and Practical Concerns
1.The Circular Cities of the Deccan · Marika Sardar        3
2. Golconda's Mosques and Tombs: Distribution, Chronology and Meaning · Robert Alan Simpkins         31
3. Medieval Chaul under the Nizam Shahs: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation · Pushkar Sohoni          53
PART 2 Visual Testimonies: Identities and Beliefs in the Mirror of Art and Architecture
4. Migrations and Cultural Transmissions in the Deccan: Evidence of Monuments at Vijayanagara · George Michell     79
5. The 'Great Mosque' at Gulbarga Reinterpreted as the Hazar Sutun ofFiruz Shah Bahmani (r. 1397-1422) · Helen Philon         97
6. Deccani Guns: Features and Ornamentation · Klaus Rdtzer        123
7. The Fighting on the Wall: Animal Symbolism of the Deccan in a Eurasian Perspective · Gijs Kruijtzer            143
PART 3 Dynamics of Court Art: Policy, Diplomacy, and the Visual    
8 Variations on a Persian Theme: The D'iwiin ofMuhammad-Quli Qutb Shah and the Birth of the Illustrated Urdu D'iwiin · Laura Weinstein        179
9 A Dutch Artist in Bijapur · Deborah Hutton & Rebecca Tucker       205
10. Vida de Jacques de Coutre: A Flemish Account of Bijapuri Visual Culture in the Shadow ofMughal Felicity· Keelan Overton     233
PART 4 Beyond the Court's Boundaries: Market Goods, Folk Tales, and Popular Devotion 
11 Bidri Ware and the New Mughal Order · Laura E. Parodi         267
12 Gulshan-i-‘Ishq: Sufi Romance of the Deccan · Navina Najat Haidar     295
13 Sacred Spaces and Objects of Popular Deccani Muslim Devotional Practices · Omar Khalidi                  319
Dynasties and Rulers of the Deccan in the Early Modern Era       337
Bibliography       341
Index of Personal Names          359
Index of Places        362
Index of Miscellaneous Words       365


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