The rekhta of architecture: the development of ‘Islamic’ art history in Urdu, c.1800-1950

This essay offers the first survey of architectural history after the Muslim conquests in the Indian Subcontinent in Urdu, the major Muslim literary language of colonial India. Contributing to the history of art history in non-European contexts, the essay traces the emergence of a deliberately ‘Isla...

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Main Author: Nile Green
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2023/05/green.pdf