Jannat : paradise in Islamic art / edited by Mumtaz Currim.

Other author Currim, Mumtaz.
Other author Marg Foundation (India)
Format Book
Publication InfoMumbai : Marg Foundation, 2012.
Description144 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Subjects

Contents Portfolio : handwritten Qurans from the Salar Jung Museum / calligraphic art by Salva Rasool -- Islamic cosmology and paradise / M.Z.A. Shakeb -- "Enter thou my paradise" : the significance of funerary inscriptions / Memtaz Currim -- Imagining paradise : the legacy of Mughal gardens / Azim Nanji -- Paradise, sovereignty, and aesthetics under the great Mughals / Philippa Vaughan -- Supplying water to Deccani paradises, 1350-1650 / Klaus Rötzer -- A woven paradise : the great Persian garden carpet of Jaipur / Syamali Das -- Jannatpuri : text and context / Hussain S. Jasani -- Gulshan-i Ishq : Nusrati's gardens of love / Ali Akbar Husain -- Javid Nama : Iqbal's heavenly journey / Syed Khalid Qadri -- Jannat ki Rail : images of paradise in India's Muslim popular culture / Yousuf Saeed.
General note"Vol. 63, no. 4, June 2012"--T.p. verso; simultaneously issued in serial format as an issue of Mārg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title Mārg̲.
LCCN 2012323441
ISBN9788192110622
ISBN8192110621
Stock numberLibrary of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NX688.I4 J36 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold