Colour of paradise : the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires /
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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2010]
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Online Access: | CONNECT |