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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20190902121536.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780674919273 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME |
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| Distributor Name |
:Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Distributor address |
:E/261, Shastri Nagar Delhi |
| Bill Number |
:TB752 |
| Bill Date |
:17/08/2019 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
891.550 SHA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sharma, Sunil |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Mughal Arcadia |
| Remainder of title |
: Persian literature in an Indian court |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
/ Sunil Sharma |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
: Harvard University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
266 pages |
| Dimensions |
24cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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| Price amount |
2912 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Contents note |
Introduction: Lingua Persica --<br/>Mughal Persian literary culture --<br/>The Mughal discovery of India --<br/>Celebrating imperial cities --<br/>Mughal Arcadia --<br/>Conclusion: Paradise lost. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
This book is a study of the creation and demise of a poetic utopia at the Mughal court in early modern South Asia. The Mughals set up an empire in northern India in the early sixteenth century based on a Perso-Islamic model but ruled over an extremely diverse populace. In order to enhance their reputation in the Islamic world, the Mughals welcomed poets, artists, and scholars from different Persophone societies, many of whom migrated to India either to flee persecution or in search of better economic prospects. Poetry was central to all forms of courtly life at this time, giving poets a prestigious role, especially those who were native speakers of Persian, sometimes leading to tensions between émigré poets and local Indian ones. While the vibrant life in cities was the usual subject of topographical poetry, the apex of this cosmopolitan age was the court's preference for the valley of Kashmir as a setting for the practice of poetry, one that symbolized the idea of the empire as Arcadia. Due to several historical and political reasons, around the mid-seventeenth century the Mughal court lost its appeal as a refuge for literati, marking a major shift in the movement of individuals and the centers of Persian literary culture |
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Literatures |
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East Indo-European & Celtic literatures |
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Indo-Iranian literature -- History and criticism |
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Mogul Empire -- Court and courtiers -- History. |
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Mogul Empire -- Civilization. |
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Civilization. |
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History -- Middle East -- Iran. |
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Courts and courtiers. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Mogul Empire -- Civilization. |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Non-focus term |
Civilization. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sharma, Sunil |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
