Delhi in historical perspectives

Author/Creator:

Nizami, Khaliq Ahmad, 1925-1997, author

Publication/Creation:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Delhi in historical perspectives / K.A. Nizami ; translated from Urdu by Ather Farouqui

Uniform Title:

Dillī, tārīk̲h̲ ke āʼine men̲.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Fārūqī, At̤har, translator

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Delhi (India)--Civilization

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Translator's note -- 1. Delhi under the Sultanate -- 2. Delhi under the Mughals -- 3. Ghalib's Delhi -- Index -- About the author and translator.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Many books have been written on the fascinating and chequered history of the city of Delhi. Few, however, have the breadth and scope of K.A. Nizami's book, first published in Urdu in 1972. It captures in rich detail the cultural, social, economic and spiritual fabric of the city over seven centuries, using original literary, travel, biographical, hagiographical and administrative accounts in Persian, Hindavi and Urdu. Despite the political turbulence during this long stretch of time spanning the Sultanate and Mughal periods, culturally the city retained its basic composite and tolerant character-a tolerance and amity bred in the main in the city's many Sufi khaneqas. And for this reason, economic and political circumstances notwithstanding, culturally and socially the city continued to bloom. The poetry of Amir Khusrau and Ghalib are high points in the city's cultural and literary efflorescence and the book devotes considerable space to them.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (ix, 172 pages.)

General Note:

"The book was first published as Auraq-e musawwar, Ehd-e wusta ki Dilli (illustrated pages: Delhi of medieval times) by the Department of Urdu, University of Delhi, in 1972. The second edition of the book, with minor revisions and an additional third chapter, was published as Dilli tareekh ke aaine mein (Delhi in historical perspectives) by Adam Publishers and Distributers, Delhi in 1989."--Page vii.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory students, faculty and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937795865302486

ISBN:

9780190991913 (electronic bk.)
0190991917 (electronic bk.)