Hello!

My name is Ayaan.

I’m a senior at Columbia University where I study history, among other things.

My interests include political and social theory, cinema studies, and South Asia.

Currently, I am actively studying Urdu and its poetry and literature.

This is a jade winecup that was made for the Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1613. It’s currently at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Londom.

The engraved Persian reads,

“Through the World-Conquering Shah, the world found order. Our time became filled with light by the radiance of his justice. From the reflection of his spinel-coloured wine may the jade cup be for ever like a ruby.”