1 option
The king and the people : sovereignty and popular politics in Mughal Delhi / Abhishek Kaicker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaicker, Abhishek, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Massacres--India--Delhi--History.
- Massacres.
- Mughal Empire--Politics and government.
- Mughal Empire.
- Mughal Empire--Kings and rulers.
- Delhi (India)--Politics and government--17th century.
- Delhi (India).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- An unprecedented exploration of the relationship between the Mughal emperor and his subjects in the space of the Mughal empire's capital, 'The King and The People' overturns an axiomatic assumption in the history of premodern South Asia: that the urban masses were merely passive objects of rule and remained unable to express collective political aspirations until the coming of colonialism. Set in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (Delhi) from its founding to Nadir Shah's devastating invasion of 1739, this text instead shows how the trends and events in the second half of the seventeenth century inadvertently set the stage for the emergence of the people as actors in a regime which saw them only as the ruled.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-007069-2
- 0-19-007070-6
- 0-19-007068-4
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.