22/07/2023
Bidri art is a metal handicraft from the city of Bidar in Karnataka. It is a 500-year-old art that originated in but is now a completely Indian innovation.
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The basic style of Bidri art is the gift of the Bahmani rulers of the Deccan. The Bahmanis were the first Muslim rulers of the Deccan. When he established his rule over the region in 1347, a new era of cultural influence and assimilation began. Which gave birth to a unique style of Deccani. This style can be seen in architecture, crafts, and other arts. After Daulatabad and Gulbarga, Bidar became the capital of the Bahmani Sultanate in 1430. Which continued until his fall in 1520. Bidar was at the height of its glory in the 15th century. Bidar had become a center of excellent culture and art. And big businessmen, traders, scholars, Sufi saints, and artists started coming here. At this time, Bidri art had reached new heights.
Historian Helen Fillon said of the special art of Bidri, "The b***y, the money, the taxes—these are the things that brought people to the Deccan, which was considered the land of opportunity. People took a lot of goods, and They used to issue coins, which solved their economic problems. But they were smart enough not to stay here for long. Because there is a big difference between attacking an empire, raiding it, and plundering the empire. Tughlaq was the first among them who did not find this thing appropriate. Muhammad bin Tughlaq went back to Delhi, leaving some of his generals to fight in the Deccan and find a new means of living, and this marked the beginning of the Bahmani Sultanate. Earlier, there was only an Indian identity; now another identity has been formed apart from that, and that is Deccani. This was the time when Taimur was expanding his empire across Central Asia. Due to this, people were having trouble and were looking for a safe place to shelter. Only then did people's eyes fall on the Deccan, where all kinds of people were being welcomed with open hearts. Apart from this, one such place was Anatolia, located in Turkey. Both of these areas were giving shelter to immigrants at the time. But such people wanted this field because they had mastered the special work in their field. Thus the best artists, intellectuals, and architects of the time joined the Deccan."