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Islamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South Asian Muslim audiences has remained hidden in plain view. This book situates manuscript illustrations and album paintings within cultures of devotion and ritual shaped by Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Central to this story are the Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their Sufi guide Mulla Shah. Through detailed art historical analysis supported by new translations, this study contextualizes artworks made for Indo-Muslim patrons by putting them into direct dialogue with written testimonies.
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Keywords
- Art treatments & subjects
- Asia
- book of history
- Cosmology
- Dara Shikoh
- Delhi
- Geographical Qualifiers
- History
- Humanities
- Indian sub-continent
- Indo-Persian
- Islam
- Islamicate
- Jahanara Begum
- lahore
- Modern period, c 1500 onwards
- mughal
- Mughal art
- Mughal Art History
- Persian
- Persianate
- Religion & beliefs
- Religious subjects depicted in art
- Shah Jahan
- South Asia
- Sufism
- Sufism & Islamic mysticism
- The arts
- thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FK South Asia (Indian sub-continent)
- thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
- thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGR Religious and ceremonial art
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPB Islam: branches and groups::QRPB4 Islamic groups: Sufis
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVK Spirituality and religious experience::QRVK2 Mysticism
- Time periods qualifiers
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DOI: 10.1163/9789004549449Editions