Mughal Arcadia - Persian Literature in an Indian Court

Mughal rulers were legendary connoisseurs of the arts, whose patronage attracted poets, artists, and scholars from all parts of the world. Sunil Sharma explores the rise and decline of Persian court poetry in India and the invention of an enduring idea of a literary paradise, perfectly exemplified by the valley of Kashmir.

About the author

Sunil Sharma is Professor of Persian & Indian Literatures at Boston University.

Product details

• Authors: Sharma, Sunil Sharma, Sharma Sunil
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2017
• EAN: 9780674975859
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97585-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, India, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Persian (Farsi), Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600, HISTORY / Asia / South / General