The architecture of a Deccan sultanate : courtly practice and royal authority in late medieval India / Pushkar Sohoni.

Main entry:

Sohoni, Pushkar, author.

Title & Author:

The architecture of a Deccan sultanate : courtly practice and royal authority in late medieval India / Pushkar Sohoni.

Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
©2018

Description:

xxvii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 23 cm

Series:

Library of Islamic South Asia ; 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-277) and index.
1. Locating architecture : social history and historiography of the Deccan -- 2. Multiple pasts : the Nizam Shahs of Ahmadnagar -- 3. Urban patterns, water supply systems, and fortification -- 4. Palaces and mansions -- 5. Mosques : piety and prayer -- 6. Tombs -- 7. Miscellaneous buildings -- Conclusion.

Summary:

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. 1490-1636) were particularly significant, being one of the first to emerge from the crumbling edifice of the Bahmani Empire (c. 1347-1527). Yet their rich material record remains largely unstudied in the scholarly literature, obscuring their cultural and historical importance. This book provides an 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.

ISBN:

9781784537944 (hardcover)
1784537942 (hardcover)
(electronic book)
9781786724199
(ePDF)
9781786734198

Subject:

Architecture India Deccan History.
Islamic architecture India Deccan History.
Architecture, Medieval India Deccan History.
Palaces India Deccan History.
Monuments India Deccan History.
Architecture, Medieval India Deccan.
Architecture Inde Deccan Histoire.
Architecture islamique Inde Deccan Histoire.
Architecture médiévale Inde Deccan.
Palais Inde Deccan Histoire.
Monuments Inde Deccan Histoire.
21.62 history of architecture.
Palaces
Monuments
Architecture, Medieval
Architecture
Islamic architecture
Architecture India Maharashtra History.
Monuments India Maharashtra History.
Architecture and Planning.
Ahmadnagar (Kingdom) History.
Asia Ahmadnagar (Kingdom)
India Deccan
India.
Maharashtra (India) Buildings, structures, etc.
Ahmadnagar (Kingdom) Buildings, structures, etc.
Ahmadnagar (Kingdom) Social life and customs.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Library of Islamic South Asia ; 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306917
Call No.: BIB 252459
Status: Available

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