Situationnel

situations define art

Mogul Art

Huqqa  

Water pipe. This type of object enjoyed great popularity since the 17th century , when the Portuguese introduced tobacco to the Mughal court in 1604.

Mogul Art

Hasht Bihisht

or Hasht Behecht ( Persian word for eight paradises ) type of plan organized in eight fields around a ninth in the center. This plan originated in Iran , but…

Mogul Art

Haram

Prayer room in a mosque. See also the various components of the mosque in the article on Islamic architecture ( Arabic wordfor forbidden , inviolable , sacred ).

Mogul Art

Chûna  

Stucco of very good quality, consisting of marble powder, shells or very white limestone and extremely polished and smoothed to imitate marble. It was invented by the Rajputs.

Mogul Art

Chînî khâna

small decorative niche, the type of which appears during the reign of Jahânngîr. A Chînî Khâna is dug into the stucco or stone and, as the name suggests, was used…

Ideas

Islam

Waterweed 

Islam

Waqâla 

Islam

Tughra

Islam

Saz (style)