Scent in the Islamic Garden: A Study of Deccani Urdu Literary Sources

Ali Akbar Husain

Oxford University Press, 2000 - Architecture - 284 pages

This work explores literary perceptions of the Indo-Islamic garden. Using a knowledge of Islamic horticulture and medical botany, Husain explains why scented plants in particular were popular in Islamic cultures and suggests which kinds were used to ornament the gardens we now call Mughal.

Contents

• Capital of the Qutb Shahs 1271: 12
• Gardens of the Deccan: 53
• Garden Ornament: 89
• Exhilarating Fragrances: 124
• The Scented Garden in Deccani Mathnawis: 154

Bibliographic information

• Title: Scent in the Islamic Garden: A Study of Deccani Urdu Literary Sources
• Author: Ali Akbar Husain
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Aug 5, 2009
• ISBN: 019579334X, 9780195793345
• Length: 284 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / History / General; Architecture / Landscape; Gardening / Flowers / General; Gardening / Regional / General; Literary Criticism / Asian / Indic; Science / Life Sciences / Botany; Science / Life Sciences / Horticulture