Indo-Persian
Mughal-era cultural fusion
Indo-Persian describes the cultural, artistic, and linguistic synthesis that developed when Persian civilization merged with the Indian subcontinent, particularly from the 13th through 19th centuries.
Persian served as the court language and literary medium across much Mughal India, producing distinctive traditions in poetry, miniature painting, architecture, and music.
The term applies to this hybrid culture and its products: Indo-Persian manuscripts, Indo-Persian cuisine.
Indian Islamic imperial dynasty
- miniature paintingSmall detailed painted artwork
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- UrduPakistan's official language
- FarsiIran's native tongue
courtly · Sufi · divan · masnavi · carpet weaving · illumination · poetry · literary
Islamic house of worship
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- gardenCultivated plant area
- iwanThree-sided vaulted chamber
- Taj MahalMarble mausoleum in Agra
minaret · dome · pavilion · palace · hammam · caravanserai · Red Fort · marble
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- scriptWritten words for performance
- HindustaniNorth Indian language family
- SanskritAncient Indo-Aryan language
borrowings · etymology · courtly speech · bilingual · diglossia · register · lexicon
Mughal
Indian Islamic imperial dynasty
- miniature paintingSmall detailed painted artwork
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- UrduPakistan's official language
Farsi · courtly · Sufi · divan · masnavi · carpet weaving · illumination · poetry · literary · aesthetic
mosque
Islamic house of worship
Taj Mahal · minaret · dome · pavilion · palace · hammam · caravanserai · Red Fort · marble · inlay
loanwords
Adopted foreign vocabulary
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- scriptWritten words for performance
- HindustaniNorth Indian language family
Sanskrit · borrowings · etymology · courtly speech · bilingual · diglossia · register · lexicon
Delhi
India's capital territory
- empireDomain under unified control
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
trade · Silk Road · diplomacy · court · nobility · administration · chronicle · historiography · migration · Central Asia
Indo-Persianindigenous
Originating in a region
unmixed · monocultural · Vedic · autochthonous · Dravidian
Indo-PersianSino-Japanese
Pertaining to both nations
Greco-Roman · Western European · East Asian · Mesoamerican · Anglo-Saxon