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THE ART OF FALCONRY IN THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
by Sami ur Rahman

2017 1st edition. Privately published by the author, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Quarto (i.e., large) hardback, viii + xxviii + 247 pages. Colour paintings throughout, colour photograph.
A new copy, well printed.
However:
Please note: in common with many books published in Pakistan and India and shipped abroad, the quality of the binding is less than ideal and new books are usually slightly rubbed or bumped. This book is no exception and purchase of this book is on condition that this fact is fully recognised by the buyer.

A large-format, beautifully illustrated, art book which examines Mughal falconry and its very extensive artistic tradition.

The Mughal empire was established by a small group of Turkic-speaking descendents of Genghis Khan, who invaded northern India around 1526, during the reign of Henry VIII. This book covers the period between the Mughals' achievement of total victory, about 1550, and 1750 when the empire's disintegration had become terminal.

"Wherever and whenever the art of falconry might have its genesis, one thing is for sure: that is, there has been no other civilization in the world history - both in the Middle Ages and medieval times - that has depicted hawks, hounds, and hawking scenes more aesthetically and exhaustively in art than the Mughal empire that flourished in the Sub-continent between 1526 and 1857. The sheer artistic brilliance of the Mughal atelier surpasses the collective oeuvre of any individual civilization - ancient or medieval. This is apparent from the multitude of miniature paintings that have survived during all these centuries and are now preserved in major museums, libraries, and private collections around the world. The present book, in a sense, is the very first attempt to treat the subject matter in a holistic and comprehensive manner. It mainly covers the historical period from 1550 to 1750, when the Mughals ruled much part of the Sub-continent, comprising modern-day Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan."

"This volume is for research purposes, to be distributed among the participants of the 4th International Festival of Falconry on 4-9 December 2017 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E."

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The price of each of book includes £3.50 to cover domestic postage. BUT: We will give you back £2.00 for your 3rd book and each of all subsequent books in the same order, or orders combined into one parcel. No one else on eBay does that!

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UK POSTAGE is built in to the price. It costs £3.50 for the first book, and for the second; after that we refund you £2.00 for each and every book, provided you order them all at one go. We will combine separate orders, but you must contact us immediately to arrange this. If we have already dispatched one of your orders by the time you contact us, unfortunately, we cannot do anything about it.

£3.50 is included in the price of each book to cover postage. If you buy more than two books at the same time, we will refund you £2.00 on the 3rd book, plus £2.00 on each subsequent book: buy 6 books and we will give you £8.00 back, buy 12 books, and we will give you £20.00 back, for example. Refunds will be made only to the PayPal account or card number by which you paid.

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