BABÜRLÜLERDE SOSYAL SINIFLARA GÖRE GİYİM: EKBERNAME MİNYATÜRLERİNE DAYALI BİR İNCELEME

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Abstract: Clothing and accessories were used by the people to articulate the tremendous social and cultural richness of the civilization. Mughal Emperor Akbar’s biography ‘Akbar Nama’ (1595) is taken into account to understand the relationship between social status and clothing. A qualitative research method was used to identify the social roles and their honour, power, and status shown through their attires. The literature and the miniatures are studied parallelly to find out the details such as important figures and events illustrated in the miniatures, and later purposively selected figures were meticulously examined, putting forward their outer, and inner garments, headgear, shoes, accessories, and embellishments. The fabrics, materials, and colours are also taken into account as they are used according to the norms and conventions. Emperors, royals, governors, army men, servers, and entertainers figures show a transformation in their dress according to their profession, education level, religion, and economic social positioning. By examining the social and symbolic roles of clothing, we can gain insight into antiquity, and the purpose of the inscribed literature and miniatures.