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Lubaaba Al-Azami
‘In the spiced Indian air’: Trading coin and cloth in the empire of the Great Mughal
Shakespeare and Beyond
‘In the spiced Indian air’: Trading coin and cloth in the empire of the Great Mughal
The spiced air of India was the stuff of legend in Shakespeare’s England, and is brought to vivid life in this famous passage from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” These were images which Shakespeare knew his audiences would understand, during a…