Leather Mughal Moorish Shoes with Gold Embroidered

A pair of rare late 19th century hand stitched and hand tooled leather shoes with hand embroidered with gilt metallic threads.Amazing antique Mughal gold embroidered traditional Islamic Indian leather shoes fit for a Maharaja.Arabic Persian Turkish Moorish Mughal style Curled Toe Leather Shoes.These sparkly leather slippers (mojari or khussa) from India have upturned toes that are purely decorative.Embroidered with excessive amounts of gold and silver thread, with red and purple accent the slippers signify wealth, status and high fashion.Developed in the Mughal royal courts (1526–1857), this style of slipper was eventually adopted by the wealthy.They were shaped turning upThis came to be very fashionable footwear. It was named after Salim, one of the sons of Jahangir (the sone of Akbar), who founded the turning up toes. They were called by the name Salim Shahi Shoes.Hand-crafted and hand-tooled, features embroidered embellished thread, leather hand-stitched soles.Measures: 12" x 3.5" x