The crisis of empire in Mughal North India : Awadh and the Punjab, 1707-1748 / Muzaffar Alam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alam, Muzaffar, 1947-

Contributor:

Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

Series:

Oxford India perennials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mughal Empire--Politics and government--18th century.

Mughal Empire.

Oudh (India)--Politics and government--18th century.

Oudh (India).

Punjab (India)--Politics and government--18th century.

Punjab (India).

Physical Description:

lxviii, 382 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

regular print

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Summary:

This pioneering work examines two contrasting regions in north India-Awadh and Punjab-in the period (1707-48) following the death of Aurangzeb. It traces the emergence of a new order with its own local and regional idioms. A new introduction brings the subject up to date. This Oxford India Perennials edition is testimony to the book's status as a milestone in Mughal India since its first publication in 1986. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Breakdown of Imperial Organization 18

2 The Changing Position of the Governor 57

3 The Zamindars, the Madad-i Ma 'ash Holders and Mughal Administration in Awadh c. 1707-1722 94

4 Mughal Power, the Sikhs and Other Local Groups in the Punjab 136

5 The Punjab after 1715, the Zamindars and the Problems Facing the Provincial Government 178

6 Growth of Nawabi Rule in Awadh and its Relations with Local Social Groups 206

7 The Imperial Court, the New Subadars and the Region 245.

Notes:

First published in 1986.

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1977.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-351) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780198077411

0198077416

OCLC:

842524276

Publisher Number:

99953907726