Diu
Indo-Muslim and Portuguese History, Urban Fabric and Architecture
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2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-70590-6 (ISBN)
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-70590-6 (ISBN)
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The first comprehensively illustrated study of the historic island of Diu (India) exceptional among ex-Portuguese colonial urban environments in remaining intact. An appendix of epigraphs ties in the historical narrative, and the personalities involved until the end of Portuguese rule.
The ex-Portuguese Island of Diu – a once strategic maritime gateway to the bay of Cambay, Gujarat, India – features in the corpus of Portuguese history and literature, but a comprehensive study of the island was lacking. Mehrdad and Natalie Shokoohy, known for surveying little-known historic sites in India, present the study of the built environment of Diu in conjunction with the contemporaneous Indian histories in Arabic and Persian, resulting in a fresh view of Indian Ocean commerce and conquest. Extensive surveys of the Fort, the Town and the Island, include the epigraphy, fortifications, urban fabric, mosques, shrines, churches, monasteries, water infrastructure and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple and Towers of Silence. Fragmentary Hindu and Jain archaeological remains are also noted.
The ex-Portuguese Island of Diu – a once strategic maritime gateway to the bay of Cambay, Gujarat, India – features in the corpus of Portuguese history and literature, but a comprehensive study of the island was lacking. Mehrdad and Natalie Shokoohy, known for surveying little-known historic sites in India, present the study of the built environment of Diu in conjunction with the contemporaneous Indian histories in Arabic and Persian, resulting in a fresh view of Indian Ocean commerce and conquest. Extensive surveys of the Fort, the Town and the Island, include the epigraphy, fortifications, urban fabric, mosques, shrines, churches, monasteries, water infrastructure and the Zoroastrian Fire Temple and Towers of Silence. Fragmentary Hindu and Jain archaeological remains are also noted.
Mehrdad Shokoohy, Ph.D., D.Sc., is Emeritus Professor, University of Greenwich. In 2001 he was awarded the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science by Heriot-Watt University and Edinburgh College of Art for his pioneering work in the field of South Asian studies. Natalie H. Shokoohy, Ph.D. (2005), is an architectural historian specializing in little-researched sites in India and Nepal. With Mehrdad Shokoohy she has published numerous articles and scholarly books, aiming to record fragile historic urban environments for posterity.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 183 |
| Verlagsort | Leiden |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 193 x 260 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 90-04-70590-2 / 9004705902 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-04-70590-6 / 9789004705906 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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