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... Persian in inspiration , can be seen as a foretaste of splendours to come . Where Timur brought Indian craftsmen to work on his Persian designs in Samar- kand , his descendants would more profitably take Persian ideas to the craftsmen ...
... Persian in inspiration , can be seen as a foretaste of splendours to come . Where Timur brought Indian craftsmen to work on his Persian designs in Samar- kand , his descendants would more profitably take Persian ideas to the craftsmen ...
Page 26
... Persian empire for display purposes , and his skull , set in gold , was turned into a drinking cup which the Shah himself much enjoyed using.3 The good news was soon followed by the return of Babur's sister Khanzada , the widow of ...
... Persian empire for display purposes , and his skull , set in gold , was turned into a drinking cup which the Shah himself much enjoyed using.3 The good news was soon followed by the return of Babur's sister Khanzada , the widow of ...
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... Persian and he provided India with her first dome in the Persian tra- dition - the same tradition as Timur's tomb in Samarkand . The dome is ex- clusively a characteristic of Muslim architecture in India ( Hindu temples make no use of ...
... Persian and he provided India with her first dome in the Persian tra- dition - the same tradition as Timur's tomb in Samarkand . The dome is ex- clusively a characteristic of Muslim architecture in India ( Hindu temples make no use of ...
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