#isfahan #naqshejahan #shahmosque – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Fri, 26 Jun 2020 07:29:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #isfahan #naqshejahan #shahmosque – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Shah Mosque or Emam Mosque in Isfahan https://ranasafvi.com/shah-mosque-or-emam-mosque-in-isfahan/ https://ranasafvi.com/shah-mosque-or-emam-mosque-in-isfahan/#respond Thu, 28 May 2020 08:26:19 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/shah-mosque-or-emam-mosque-in-isfahan/ ‪The Persians perfected the tile-mosaic style by cutting colored ceramic tiles into small pieces to put together in intended patterns.‬
‪This panel in the Shah Mosque or Emam Mosque in Isfahan has figures of all the birds mentioned in the Quran ‬
Emam Mosque

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On the third Diya, Badshah is weighed in Gold and Silver …. The Qila is illuminated on all sides. Puffed rice, candy, toys made from the candy, lemon and small clay houses are distributed to everyone by maidservants. At night, mud houses made by the royal children are filled with puffed rice and batashe and lamps lit in front of them.’
There is also a fascinating list of dishes served at an average meal for the emperor.  It describes 26 types of rotis, 24 types of rice dishes and an equal number of curries, kebabs, vegetable dishes and pickles. And this, in a time when the emperor was short of money!
— Read on www.livehistoryindia.com/cover-story/2018/12/05/glimpses-of-a-lost-delhi

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