Chevaux Des Moghols (Les)

Le Carre Hermes > Printemps-Ete 1993

Mogul Horses

For the Great Moguls, Timur sovereigns who reigned in northern India beginning in the early 16th century, the best leisure activities were those practiced on horseback: ceremonies, polo, hunts for birds on the ground or in flight, and tiger hunts. The latter was considered a doubly rare pleasure since wives even had the right, it is believed, to participate with their faces unveiled.

Le Carre Hermes Paris >> Automne - Hiver 1997 / 98

Horses of the Moghols

In an architecture derived from the gardens of Agra, these diverse scenes testify to the fact that nobody lacked entertainment in ancient Hindustan. feast day ceremonies, polo accompanied by music, and all those hours spent risking one's life: the Moghol prince, on horseback, confronted the tiger with his bow and his lance. Ladies were invited to see the hunts with goshawks and falcons. By means of which an airy charm ascended heavenwards at the same time as the bird ...