[skip to content]

Training Sessions

The aim of these training sessions is to familiarise students and researchers with the use of primary sources. Each session will examine a particular type of source, discuss the particular problems & issues it poses, and suggest ways of reading them.

27 MaySunil Sharma, (Harvard University) Kalim Kashani and Shahjahani Court Poetry
30 MaySunil Sharma, (Harvard University)Firishtah's Gulshan-i Ibrahimi and Indo-Persian History Writing
3 JuneNajaf Haider, (JNU, New Delhi)The Social Life of a Temple Town: Brindaban Documents (Persian and Braj)
6 JuneNajaf Haider, (JNU, New Delhi)Memoirs of a Mughal Valet:Tazkirat ul Waqiat
24 JuneJohn Seyller, (University of Vermont)Seals of Mughal manuscripts
25 June
Wed Room 536
John Seyller, (University of Vermont)Seals of Mughal manuscripts
27 JuneShandip Saha, (Athabasca University)Vārtās (hagiographical tales)
1 JulyShandip Saha, (Athabasca University)Vārtās (hagiographical tales)


Materials will be circulated in advance. Please leave your email or contact:
Dr Francesca Orsini at fo@soas.ac.uk
Room 538, SOAS, Tuesdays and Fridays, 2-4 pm