The Mughal World

Literature Courses
A King consults a holy man. Approx. 1770; Opaque watercolors on paper. Gift of Thomas R. Friebel.

The Mughal World

Instructor: 
Munis D. Faruqui
When: 
Repeats every week every Sunday until Sun Oct 12 2014 except Sun Oct 05 2014.
September 7, 2014
Time: 
10:15 am - 12:15 pm
Place: 
Education Studios
Fee: 
This series is sold out.

This course will cover aspects of the Mughal World, with each session focusing on one of the following: the politics of the empire, religion, art, architecture, women, and literary cultures. We are fortunate to have Professor Faruqui, an authority on the Mughal Empire and a 2014 recipient of UC Berkeley’s Distinguished Teaching Award, teaching this course. Course meets on Sundays: September 7, 14, 21, 28, and October 12

Munis Faruqui is a historian and Associate Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at UC Berkeley, focusing on the Muslim experience in South Asia, especially during the Mughal period. He is the author of Princes of the Mughal Empire (2012), and co-editor of Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History (2013) and Religious Interactions in Mughal India (forthcoming fall 2014). In fall 2008 he taught “Travel & Encounter: The World of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta” for the Literature and Culture course.

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