Colour of paradise : the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires / / Kris Lane.
For the Mughals, Ottomans, and Safavids green was, as it remains for all Muslims, the color of Paradise, reserved for the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. Tapping a wide range of sources, Kris Lane traces the complex web of global trading networks that funneled emeralds from backland South Amer...
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Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 280 p., [16] p. of plates :; ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) |
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