Oct 21 2022 to Oct 21 2022 6:30 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

From Konkan to Coromandel – Deccan Heritage, Art and Culture (Autum 2022) The fifth season of webinars co-organized by the Deccan Heritage Foundation, the Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge, the Bangalore International Centre and the Museum of Art & Photography, presenting the pioneering scholarship of in various cultural fields from both the Northern and Southern Deccan Regions of India. Around the year 1600, Ibrahim Adil Shah II, the king of the Bijapur Sultanate, composed a book of songs titled Kitāb-i nauras (The New Book). Due to its extensive number of manuscript copies—including one by the well-traveled scribe Khalilullah Butshikan—and inclusion of verses in praise of Ganesha, Shiva, and Sarasvati, the book is one of the best-known examples of literature in the regional language Dakkani. While prior scholarship has focused on luxury manuscripts of the text that traveled, this presentation shifts focus to the contents of the songs. In contrast to suggestions that Ibrahim’s inclusion of verses in praise of Hindu deities and use of Indian themes reflect his particular political tolerance or personal religious convictions, Zoë Woodbury High will argue that the text’s innovations lie in the realm of poetics rather than religion. Through an analysis of several of the oldest extant manuscripts of the Kitāb-i nauras, she will demonstrate how its author oriented the work towards a readership familiar with Persian literary models and conventions, even as he incorporated tropes drawn from an Indian context. Image credit (website & poster): Folio from the Kitab-i nauras by Ibrahim Adil Shah II In collaboration with the Deccan Heritage Foundation, the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, the Museum of Art & Photography and the Bangalore International Centre.