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Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary / Rajeev Kinra.
LIBRA PK6451.B73 Z75 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kinra, Rajeev, author.
- Series:
- South Asia across the disciplines
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brāhman, Candar Bhān, 1614-1663--Criticism and interpretation.
- Brāhman, Candar Bhān.
- Brāhman, Candar Bhān, 1614-1663.
- Authors, Indic--Mogul Empire--Biography.
- Authors, Indic.
- Secretaries--Mogul Empire--Biography.
- Secretaries.
- Persian literature--India--History and criticism.
- Persian literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- India.
- Mughal Empire--History--17th century.
- Mughal Empire.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 371 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or Munshi, Chandar Bhan 'Brahman' (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan's life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the 'Great Mughals' whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire's power, territorial reach, and global influence"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court
- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective
- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance
- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm
- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters
- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world
- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline
- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520286467
- 0520286464
- OCLC:
- 903363379
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