Kashi Kari

Kashi Kari, also known as Kashigari or Kashee, is a craft of glazing and ornamenting fired-clay tiles for architectural decoration.[1][2][3]

Etymology

The Persian noun kāshi ("tile") is widely believed to derive from the city of Kashan, a medieval centre of ceramic production; kāri means "work" or "craft", so kāshi kāri denotes "tile-work".[4] In Sindhi and Punjabi usage, the term extends to under-glaze painted pottery as well as to faience mosaics, and the craftsmen are called kashigars.[5][6][7]

History

Persian potters were recorded at Multan by the early 13th century, and the mausoleum of the Sufi saint Bahauddin Zakariya (built c. 1262) is often cited as the subcontinent's earliest glazed-tile monument.[1] The craft flourished under the Mughal emperors: in Lahore the Wazir Khan Mosque (1634–41) exhibits the most extensive faience revetment of any Mughal building, while its adjoining Shahi Hammam retains cuerda seca soffits.[8] In Sindh, Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the red-brick and blue-tile Shah Jahan Mosque at Thatta (1644–59), whose 93 domes and 33 arches were clad with tiles fired in Hala.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 Newspaper, From the (28 October 2013). "Kashi Kari: Centuries-old mosaic art survives". Dawn.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (30 July 2024). "Ceramics, miniatures and mosaics: the London school reviving the world's endangered sacred arts". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Art and craft: Blue magic on clay". Dawn.com. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "The dying blue art of Pakistan". 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ceramic art: The Kashi Tiles of Sindh – Mansfield Ceramics". Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Clay Culture: Blue Kashi Tiles". Default. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Kamal, Farah (9 March 2015). "The ancient art of Kashigars". Dawn.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  8. ↑ Ansari, Amna; Ansari, Maria; Faiz, Farjad (June 2016). "Kashi Kari in Wazīr Khan Mosque". International Journal of History and Research. 6 (2): 1–12. SSRN 2838628.
  9. ↑ Naeem, Qazi Anum (6 July 2015). "Shahjahan Mosque: Thatta's timeless splendour". Dawn.com. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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