Sentence examples for patronage reached from inspiring English sources

Sufi patronage reached a new high during the Mongol period, whose rulers were particularly keen in the Sufi tradition in all its manifestations; especially philosophy, poetry and the visual arts.

While earlier Mughal buildings were primarily constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones, and buildings under his patronage reached new levels of refinement.

The stakes are even higher for the airline's "lifetime" membership category, which requires 1.9 million miles flown — a level the airline estimates would take about 14 years of regular patronage to reach.

Yet, despite federal prosecutors' threats to aim for bigger targets at City Hall, their investigation of illegal patronage hiring never reached into the highest echelons of the mayor's office.

He remained in this position until his death in 1762, and under his patronage the town reached the height of its popularity as a fashionable resort.

Unlike Tunisia or Egypt, Libya was largely religiously homogenous and had no strong Islamist movement, but there was widespread dissatisfaction with the corruption and entrenched systems of patronage, while unemployment had reached around 30%.

By the end of the year, the patronage count at the agency had reportedly reached eighty.

The artistic and aesthetic heights that armor reached under the monarchy's patronage can be seen in "The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits From Imperial Spain" at the National Gallery of Art here.

Nevertheless, he also reached out to a richer, middle-class patronage.

The King became known for his library and his patronage of foreign scholars; during his reign Latin literature in Hungary reached its peak in Janus Pannonius, who had been educated in Italy.

This poetry reached its peak of creativity about 1240 80 under the patronage and with the direct participation of Alfonso X, although his father had begun to receive musicians and performers (trovadores and jograis) before this period.