Blue Kashi Work of Multan
15 April 2007
The history of Multani arts and crafts also goes back to medieval period. Kashi work the glazing and hand painting of ceramic products is an important art for which Multan is famous all over the world. -Guest post by SAJ Shirazi
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Very interesting, and Uch Sharif is even more beautiful in real life then it looks in pictures. One wonders, if the kashi kari on the tile work in the Wazir khan mosque is similar or from similar influences?
salam alaykum I’d like to mention that I have a post on this subject [mulatani arts]her
http://pakisufiarts.blogspot.com/2007/09/art-of-naqqash.html
and more material soon esp. on Kashi on the site insha Allah.
Yes, the 17th century Moghal Wazir Khan Mosque is directly influenced by the 13th & 14th century Turkic Uch & Multan kashi work as well as the Timurid kashi work of Bokhara and Samrqand etc.
It is important to note that the Moghals never called themselves the Moghals but rather Taimuri, descendants of Timur lang which of course they were.