The Lesser-Known World of Mughal Emperor Jahangir

ISBN-13: 9780367444921 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019

Som Prakash Verma

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgements

Glossary

List of Illustrations

Chapter 1 Jahangir

Chapter 2 His appearance and nature

Chapter 3 An aesthete, alive to surroundings

Chapter 4 Curious zoologist

Chapter 5 Connoisseur of painting

Chapter 6 Celebrator of diverse faiths

Chapter 7 Justice-observing ruler

Chapter 8 The indefatigable hunter

Chapter 9 Graphic narrator

Chapter 10 Man of no common ability

Chapter 11 Modern man in making

Select Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Som Prakash Verma is former Professor at the Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, India and superannuated in 2004. He was Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) (2013–15); Tagore National Fellow (2010–12); Emeritus Fellow at the University Grants Commission (2007–9); Senior Fellow at ICHR (2007–9); and Fulbright Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (1986–7). He is also a practising artist and recipient of two awards from the Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta (1981) and the Indian Academy of Fine Arts, Amritsar (1982). His publications include The Illustrated Baburnama (2016); Mughal Paintings (2014); Interpreting Mughal Painting: Essays on Art, Society and Culture (2009); 1857: An Illustrated History (2008); Painting the Mughal Experience (2005); Mughal Painter of Flora and Fauna: Ustad Mansur (1999); and Mughal Painters and Their Work: A Bibliographical Survey and Comprehensive Catalogue (1994).