India Perspectives, Volume 9PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1996 - India |
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... Persian . By 1600 , the original ' sung ' versions of their mystic verses , made popular by bards and itinerent fakirs , were written down by scribes and devotees . The language of this bhakti literature is an amalgam of Sanskrit and ...
... Persian . By 1600 , the original ' sung ' versions of their mystic verses , made popular by bards and itinerent fakirs , were written down by scribes and devotees . The language of this bhakti literature is an amalgam of Sanskrit and ...
Page 16
... Persia in the 7th century , they imposed a puritanical Islam on the conquered . Yet by the 10th century , the Caliph's power began to wane and Persian culture reasserted itself . Samarkand and Bukhara followed the Persian example . But ...
... Persia in the 7th century , they imposed a puritanical Islam on the conquered . Yet by the 10th century , the Caliph's power began to wane and Persian culture reasserted itself . Samarkand and Bukhara followed the Persian example . But ...
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... Persian and Central Asian . The Mughals brought both , but more of the Central Asian elements ( i.e. the traditions of Samarkand and Bukhara ) . However , the Sultanates , which preceded the Mughals , were not puritanical . Firishta , a ...
... Persian and Central Asian . The Mughals brought both , but more of the Central Asian elements ( i.e. the traditions of Samarkand and Bukhara ) . However , the Sultanates , which preceded the Mughals , were not puritanical . Firishta , a ...
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