000 02555 a2200157 4500
020 _a9781848857469
082 _a709.54
_bPAR
100 _aParodi, Laura E. Ed.
245 _aVisual World of Muslim India : the art, culture and society of the Deccan in the early modern Era
260 _aLondon
_bI. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
_c2014
300 _axxxii,366p.
505 _aContents 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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650 _aBuilding
_aIndia--Deccan
_aIslamic art
_aAntiquities