Scent in the Islamic Garden: A Study of Deccani Urdu Literary Sources
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Book Details
Author(s)
Ali Akbar Husain
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN / ASIN
019579334X
ISBN-13
9780195793345
Sales Rank
#4,817,478
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
This work explores literary perceptions of the Indo-Islamic garden. Using a knowledge of Islamic horticulture and medical botany, Husain explains why scented plants in particular were popular in Islamic cultures and suggests which kinds were used to ornament the gardens we now call Mughal.
