Iran and the Deccan: Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in Circulation, 1400-1700, Paperback - Keelan Overton

In the early 1400s, Iranian elites began migrating to the Deccan plateau of southern India. Lured to the region for many reasons, these poets, trad...

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