The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones
Author : Isidore Kozminsky
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Charms
ISBN :
Bibliographical Index to the Historians of Muhammedan India
Author : Sir Henry Miers Elliot
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1850
Category : Historians
ISBN :
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The Persianate World
Author : Nile Green
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 32,30 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0520300920
Book Description
At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism, The Persianate World traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, literary, and social frontiers. From Siberia to Southeast Asia, and between London and Beijing, this book shows how Persian gained, maintained, and finally surrendered its status to imperial and vernacular competitors. Fourteen essays trace Persian’s interactions with Bengali, Chinese, Turkic, Punjabi, and other languages to identify the forces that extended “Persographia,” the domain of written Persian. Spanning the ages expansion and contraction, The Persianate World offers a critical survey of both the supports and constraints of one of history’s key languages of global exchange.
Nile Notes of a Howadji
Author : Martin R. Kalfatovic
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Bibliography of published literature on Egypt from the earliest times to 1918. ...will provide scholars, armchair travelers, and future visitors to the region with a well-organized source list and miniature travel history. --ARBA
Nur Jahan
Author : Ellison Banks Findly
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 1993-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0195360605
Book Description
Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history. Born on a caravan traveling from Teheran to India, she became the last (eighteenth) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and effectively took control of the government as he bowed to the effects of alcohol and opium. Her reign (1611-1627) marked the highpoint of the Mughal empire, in the course of which she made great contributions to the arts, religion, and the nascent trade with Europe. An intriguing, elegantly written account of Nur Jahan's life and times, this book not only revises the legends that portray her as a power-hungry and malicious woman, but also investigates the paths to power available to women in Islam and Hinduism providing a fascinating picture of life inside the mahal (harem).
India
Author : Stuart Cary Welch
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Art, Indic
ISBN : 0030061148
Book Description
A selection of 333 works of art representing masterpieces of the sacred and court traditions as well as their urban, folk, and tribal heritage.
The Empires of the Near East and India
Author : Hani Khafipour
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 1103 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 0231547846
Book Description
In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse and overlapping literate communities that flourished in these three empires left a lasting legacy on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Near East and India. This volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts that shed light on the intertwined histories and cultures of these communities, presenting a wide range of source material spanning literature, philosophy, religion, politics, mysticism, and visual art in thematically organized chapters. Scholarly essays by leading researchers provide historical context for closer analyses of a lesser-known era and a framework for further research and debate. The volume aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the region’s early modern history that stands in contrast to the prevailing trend of examining this interconnected past in isolation.
Manna: An Historical Geography
Author : R.A. Donkin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 13,5 MB
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401761175
Book Description
Researches and Missionary Labours Among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other Sects
Author : Joseph Wolff
Publisher :
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 1835
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Researches and Missionary Labours Among the Jews, Mohammedans, And Other Sects by Joseph Wolff, first published in 1835, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Foreign Notices Of South India
Author : Nilakanta Sastri
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781015643987
Book Description
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