Mughal Arcadia: Persian Literature in an Indian Court

by Sunil Sharma and Sunil Sharma

Book Overview

At its height in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Mughal Empire was one of the largest empires in Eurasia, with territory extending over most of the Indian subcontinent and much of present-day Afghanistan. As part of the Persianate world that spanned from the Bosphorus to the Bay of Bengal, Mughal rulers were legendary connoisseurs of the arts. Their patronage attracted poets, artists, and scholars from all parts of the eastern Islamic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975855
• ISBN13: 9780674975859
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"