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#Sheermal is derived from the Persian words "sheer" meaning milk and "malidan" meaning to rub.
In a literal translation, sheermal means milk rubbed.
After being introduced to North India by the Persianate Mughal emperors.
It became a delicacy of Lucknow and Hyderabad.
The Mughal Emperor Akbar leading a lion and a ram on a leash
Opaque watercolour on paper
Unknown Artist
India, Eastern #Deccan, possibly #Machilipatnam
Circa 1780
https://t.co/TQD0oEbvEf
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
In spite of its modest size, this flask in the shape of a mango, adorned with gold, gems, and enameling, eloquently demonstrates the artistic standards and tastes of seventeenth-century Mughal India.
🏛️Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York (USA)
💫#ArteYArt
Wazir Khan (Hakim Sheikh Ilam ud din Ansari) migrated from #Chiniot to #Lahore, rose as #Mughal ruler #ShahJahan's physician, founded city of #Warizabad, #Pakistan & Wazir Khan Mosque.
This painting c1898 by #EdwinLordWeeks in pvt colln "An Open air Restaurant near the Mosque"
@DalrympleWill @iamrana
On #internationaldanceday #WorldDanceDay this beautiful 18th century #Mughal Watercolour & Gold painting from @SomersetAndWood "Lady dancing beneath a balcony". A male admirer watches from the balcony, suggesting romance beneath a night sky. Well detailed
Mughal Equestrian Falconry
#MughalMiniatureArt #Painting #Handmade #ArtnIndia #Falconry #Equestrian
The #Mughals relished their favourite addiction (Mango) with #Jahangir and #ShahJahan awarding their khansamahs for their unique creations like Aam #Panna, Aam ka Lauz and Aam Ka Meetha #Pulao, a delicate #mango dessert sold all through the summer in #Shahjahanabad.
Mehrunissa Also Known as Nur Jahan Was Wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Born In 1577 In Persian Family, Nur Jahan Was The Most Powerful Woman In Jahangir's Court #WomensDay
From @SDMA 1750 The 21st #Mughal Abu Nasir Mujahid ud din Mohammed #AhmedShah Bahadur ruled 26 Apr 1748 to 2 June 1754.
Deposed by Marathas & imprisoned, he lies at #HumayunTomb Delhi.
@DalrympleWill @India_Atelier @DilliChat @DilliKiRanaiyan @irfhabib @mukhoty @JAJafri @iamrana
@DalrympleWill From the collection of Archibald Swinton (1731-1804), now in @NtlMuseumsScot c1650 potrait of #Mughal Prince Dara Shukoh.
Capt. Swinton was an official of East India Company's Army and a great collector of Indian art.
@India_Atelier @IndiaArtHistory
Congrats to Sita Reddy, editor of this special issue of MARG on botanical illustration in India. Beautiful full colour, large format, book length, taking a fresh approach from Mughal times to contemporary work https://t.co/gupsGokz2Z
Yavuz Sultan Selim was the first Ottoman monarch to establish a relationship with the Mughals. The Sultan provided mercenaries, arms, physicians, and military advisers. Babur's Ottoman advisers deployed the tactics of the Ottoman's during his successful Indian campaigns
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Sultan Ibrahim 'Adil Shah [r.1580-1627] with a consort in a landscape
Attributed to the 'Dublin Painter' ('Hand A' of the Pem Nem manuscript),
inscribed at left by Mughal Emperor Jahangir 'shabihi surat ‘Adilkhan'
Deccan, #Bijapur, c 1590-1605
https://t.co/Suhi78fi9h
@docstobar @BLAsia_Africa Hard to say whether it was a representational convention or something more, but its appearance is widespread. In this scene from a 1597-8 AD Mughal ms of Amir Khusraw's Khamsa made for Akbar (@MedievalMss, W.624), the same visual trope was used.
The disillusionment on Shivajis face at the loss of the strategic fort of Kondhana to the Mughals. Disappointment writ large both at himself and his mothers dismay. Made by master artist Dhurandhar.
ARTFINDER: The Mughal by Shabs Beigh - This is a portrait of my son
Well the first a... - https://t.co/Y9YwhyYxX9 via @artfinder
Really cool images from a 17th century Persian translation of the 13th century Arabic treatise "Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing," from Mughal India
Earthly delights: the synthesis of #Iranian and #Indian #Food culture enjoyed at the #Mandu Sultanate is discussed in a free talk by Dr Preeti Khosla https://t.co/YdiTyK2i6I. Details from an unsigned #Mughal painting in @BLAsia_Africa @BL_VisualArts Add Or 3129 f. 22r