Neither islamic nor persian: a history of muslim painting

‘A systematic and very comprehensive account of Muslim art, beginning with the birth of Islam, winding down to the Timurid period, the Ottoman empire, and ending with the Mughals and Emperor Aurangzeb. Lari is extremely thorough, meticulously recording an amazing number of manuscripts and paintings, their dates, the rulers they were created under, and often why they were painted. After reading the book, it is almost guaranteed that one will drop the established western compartmentalisation and adopt Lart’s view instead.’ Zehra Hamdani, Newsline, August 2002