BABÜRLÜLERDE SOSYAL SINIFLARA GÖRE GİYİM: EKBERNAME MİNYATÜRLERİNE DAYALI BİR İNCELEME

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