Emperors of Ṣūrat and Maʿnī: Jahangir and Shah Jahan as Temporal and Spiritual Rulers
This article begins with a discussion of a more-than-life-sized portrait of Jahangir (r. 1605–27) that is surrounded by verses in twenty-six cartouches. These verses are of special interest because they are the connecting link between a series of “allegorical paintings” made for Jahangir and the new...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Muqarnas
Year: 2014, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 123-149 |
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ṣūrat u maʿnī (the temporal and the spiritual world)
Jahangir
Akbar
Shah Jahan
allegorical portraits
legitimation
Abu ’l-Fazl
Akbarnāma
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Volltext (Verlag) |