Description: Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate : Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India, Paperback by Sohoni, Pushkar, ISBN 0755606795, ISBN-13 9780755606795, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
The Deccan sultans left a grand architectural and artistic legacy. They commissioned palaces, mosques, gardens and tombs as well as decorative paintings and coins. Of these sultanates, the Nizam Shahs (r. 1) were particularly significant, being one of the first to emerge from the crumbling edifice of the Bahmani Empire (c. 1). Yet their rich material record remains largely unstudied in the scholarly literature, obscuring their cultural and historical importance. This book provides the first analysis of the architecture of the Nizam Shahs. Pushkar Sohoni examines the critical relationship between architectural production, courtly practice and royal authority in a period when the aspirations and politics of the kingdom were articulated through architectural expression. Based on new primary research from key sites including the urban settlements of Ahmadnagar, Daulatabad, Aurangabad, Junnar and the port city of Chaul, Sohoni sheds light on broader Islamicate ideas of kingship and shows how this was embodied by material artefacts such as buildings and sites, paintings, gardens, guns and coins.
As well as offering a vivid depiction of sixteenth-century South Asia, this book revises understanding of the cultural importance of the Nizam Shahs and their place in the Indian Ocean world. It will be a vital primary resource for scholars researching the history of the medieval and early modern Deccan and relevant for those working in Art History, Islamic Studies, South Asian Studies and Archaeology.
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Book Title: Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate : Courtly Practice and Royal A
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Architecture of a Deccan Sultanate : Courtly Practice and Royal Authority in Late Medieval India
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Islamic Studies, Asia / India & South Asia, History / General
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Architecture, Social Science, History
Author: Pushkar Sohoni
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Library of Islamic South Asia Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
