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Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

Opulence and Fantasy

By: Navina Najat Haidar,Marika Sardar

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Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

Opulence and Fantasy

By: Navina Najat Haidar,Marika Sardar

The vast Deccan plateau of south-central India stretches from the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the region was home to several major Muslim kingdoms and became a nexus of international trade — most notably in diamonds and textiles, through which the sultanates attained remarkable wealth. The opulent art of the Deccan courts, invigorated by cultural connections to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, developed an otherworldly character distinct from that of the contemporary Mughal north: in painting, a poetic lyricism and audacious use of color; in the decorative arts, lively creations of inlaid metalware and painted and dyed textiles; and in architecture, a somber grandeur still visible today in breathtaking monuments throughout the plateau. The first book to fully explore the history and legacy of these kingdoms, Sultans of Deccan India elucidates the predominant themes in Deccani art—the region’s diverse spiritual traditions, its exchanges with the outside world, and the powerful styles of expression that evolved under court patronage—with fresh insights and new scholarship. Alongside the discussion of the art, lively, engaging essays by some of the field’s leading scholars offer perspectives on the cycles of victory and conquest as dynasties competed with one another, vied with Vijayanagara, a great empire to the south, and finally succumbed to the Mughals from the north. Featuring some 200 of the finest works from the Deccan sultanates, as well as spectacular site photographs and informative maps, this magnificently illustrated catalogue provides the most comprehensive examination of this world to date and constitutes a pioneering resource for specialists and general readers alike.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0300211104

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9780300211108

Does Energy Cause Ethnic War? East Mediterranean and Caspian Sea Natural Gas and Regional Conflicts

By: Marika Karagianni,Andreas Stergiou

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Does Energy Cause Ethnic War? East Mediterranean and Caspian Sea Natural Gas and Regional Conflicts

By: Marika Karagianni,Andreas Stergiou

The Caspian Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean are two regions with abundant energy resources. Their gas routes to Europe intersect and actors, exporters, pipeline owners and operators, transit states and downstream customers are connected to one another in a web of political and economic interdependencies. More significantly, these regions have been plagued by deep-seated ethnic conflicts and disputes: namely, the two oldest registered in the United Nations (the Cyprus and the Arab-Israeli Conflicts), the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, the Syria War and numerous tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea and the Balkan regions. This book investigates what impact these energy resources have had on the respective conflicts and disputes, as well as their influence on the power game between the EU and Russia.

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230

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527541339

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9781527541337

The Visual World of Muslim India

The Art, Culture and Society of the Deccan in the Early Modern Era

By: Laura Emilia Parodi,Richard Maxwell Eaton,Marika Sardar,Robert Alan Simpkins,Pushkar Sohoni,George Michell,Helen Philon,Klaus Rotzer,Gijs Kruijtzer,Laura Weinstein,Deborah Hutton,Rebecca Tucker,Keelan Overton,Navina Najat Haidar,Omar Khalidi

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The Visual World of Muslim India

The Art, Culture and Society of the Deccan in the Early Modern Era

Selection of papers presented at a conference 'Art, Patronage and Society in the Muslim Deccan from the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day' (4-6 July 2008) at St. Antony's College, Oxford, with support from the John Fell Fund, Barakat Trust and Alessandro Bruschettini.

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0755603834

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9780755603831

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700

Opulence and Fantasy

By: Navina Najat Haidar,Marika Sardar

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Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700

Opulence and Fantasy

By: Navina Najat Haidar,Marika Sardar

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Deccan plateau of south-central India was home to a series of important, highly cultured Muslim kingdoms and was a nexus of international trade. Invigorated by cultural connections to Iran, Turkey, East Africa, and Europe, Deccani art is celebrated for its unmistakable, otherworldly character: in painting, a poetic lyricism; in architecture, a somber grandeur; and in the decorative arts, lively creations in inlaid metalwork and dyed textiles. This beautifully illustrated catalogue, which includes extraordinary new site photographs and lush landscape images, along with discussions of 200 of the finest Deccani works, creates the most comprehensive examination to date of this fascinating and remote world. The text not only discusses paintings, drawings, textiles, arms, manuscripts, and other decorative arts from this rich culture, but also explores the history, architecture, literature, and music of the period" -- Distributor's website.

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1588395669

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Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

Opulence and Fantasy

By: Navina Najat Haidar,Marika Sardar

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Opulence and Fantasy

By: Navina Najat Haidar,Marika Sardar

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

Does Energy Cause Ethnic War? East Mediterranean and Caspian Sea Natural Gas and Regional Conflicts

Does Energy Cause Ethnic War? East Mediterranean and Caspian Sea Natural Gas and Regional Conflicts

The Visual World of Muslim India

The Visual World of Muslim India

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500-1700

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

Sultans of Deccan India, 1500–1700

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