Amber Elisabeth Peters

Doctoral Student at Ca'Foscari and Heidelberg. Researching strange and wonderful creatures in Indo-Persian literature and art with focus on Deccan Sultanates.

[Kevin Blankinship د.كيڤن @AmericanMaghreb]

Duh.

[Neha @nehavermani]

Falconry & Power, an abridged 🧵Chand Bibi of Ahmadnagar sultanate presented resistance to Akbar & Jahangir’s Deccan campaigns. Mughals could never capture/kill her. Posthumous portraits depict her as adept at the art of falconry with a baz or goshawk resting on her wrist.

[Iqtibas ��قتباس @iqtibaas88]

Old Urdu accounts of Delhi have interesting details of home-delivery of goods to the city's traditional women's quarters. A diverse group of women hawkers/professionals sold all sorts of goods to zenana ladies in purdah : fruits,chaat,embroidery, textiles,shampoo services etc.

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

@FarooqiMehr طاؤس چمن کی مینا / The Mynah of the Peacock Garden
By Naiyer Masud is a great one!

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Really looking forward to this!

[The English and Foreign Languages University @EFLU_OFFICIAL]

Join us for a journey through history at the International Conference on Persian Manuscripts: Their Significance to Past, Present, and Future, hosted by The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad in collaboration with The University of St Andrews, UK.

🗓 Date: 11-12 November 2024 🕙 Time: Starting at 10:00 AM 📍 Location: Room No. 1, Ground Floor, New Academic Block

Explore the rich tapestry of Persian literary culture and its impact over the centuries with scholars from around the world. Don’t miss out on this enlightening two-day event that promises to delve deep into the treasures of Persian literary heritage.

#PersianManuscripts #InternationalConference #EFLU #StAndrews #LiteraryHeritage

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Finally figured out who keeps walking on my roof each night.

#coorgkarnataka

[Neha @nehavermani]

My author copy of The Dining with the Sultans survived the customs scrutiny and is finally here ! It is an editted collection of essays published to accompany an exhibition by the same title at @LACMA

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

@AviceroxRohail @folkloristan Amazing of course!

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

@AviceroxRohail @folkloristan Same! Waiting to pre-order!

[Folkloristan @folkloristan]

We joined hands with @historybyhuz and Arsalan to present to you our favourite work yet: a map of Pakistani folklore🗺️✨
Here's to two years of recording, collecting, translating, and illustrating folk narratives from cultures which dot the banks of the Indus✨

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Well we all know that salad is raw sabzi, lentil soup is watery dal, and steak is an alluringly giant flat beef kebab.

[Musharraf Ali Farooqi @microMAF]

Daisy and I will soon be supervising PhDs on the description of jalebis. Apply now before spots fill up!
https://t.co/vlh3YoPdDw @shreedaisy

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Already worrying about how to move all my books the next time I move... Can't lose my babies! 😭

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Humayun called books "his true companions" & took a portable library wherever he went, kept on wooden chests carried by special library camels. He was overjoyed when two camels carrying his "personal imperial books," lost at the battle of the Qipchaq Pass in 1550 turned up again.

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

There is definitely a need for a world halwa puri map ⭐️ A sweet reflection from Maliha Khan; there's more than just calories in it!

[Maliha Khan @malihakhnwrites]

Wrote about searching for halwa puri across the border for @enthucutletmag while I was still living in Delhi a couple of months ago. Grateful to @SharanyaDeepak for being such a great editor & friend & Bushra Saleem for the lovely illustration. Read here⬇️
https://t.co/q7zNJCLm6l

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Hard to believe it's been almost 40 years since Frances Pritchett properly introduced the qissa to the English-speaking academic world! She was inspiring the next generation of scholars before I was even born 👶

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Was a pleasure to write about these amazing books! Great to see the continuation of the qissa/romance/dastaan revival!

[Ali A Olomi @aaolomi]

According to some account before humanity, the jinn walked the earth. The various factions of the jinn waged a mighty war until God intervened.

a thread on the jinn war at the beginning of time

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

Looks amazing! Coming out on my birthday, if anyone wants to buy me a present...

[Amber Elisabeth Peters @AmberElisabethP]

How I feel every time a book I want is taken out by someone else...