The lecture will put the portraits in historical and art historical context, and show how the evolution of Mughal painting produces greater accuracy in the depiction of material culture. The portraits then become an important source of…

The latest issue of the Journal of Islamic Studies contains articles by Essam Ayyad, on An Historiographical Analysis of the Arabic Accounts of Early Mosques: With Special Reference to Those at Madina, Baṣra and Kūfa, Liana Saif, on Ikhwān al-…