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Life stories in Mughal India : Indo-Persian biographies, 16th-18th centuries / Shivangini Tandon.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Tandon, Shivangini, Author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mughal Empire--Court and courtiers--Biography.
Mughal Empire.
Mughal Empire--Biography--History and criticism.
Mughal Empire--Social life and customs--Historiography.
Mughal Empire--Politics and government--Historiography.
India--History--1526-1765--Historiography.
India.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 159 pages)
Other Title:
Indo-Persian biographies, 16th-18th centuries
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Contents:
'Domesticity' as a Political Space in the tazkiras: Constructing the Mughal Household through Emotions, Gastronomy and Politics
Structuring the Body and Selfhood: Gender, Civility and Norms of Masculinity in the Mughal tazkiras
Representation of the Politics of Fosterage and Fealty in the tazkiras
An Alternative Gaze: Constructing the Agency of Women through the tazkiras
The Liminals in the Lives of the Ruling Elites: Marginal Social groups in the Mughal tazkiras.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 23, 2025).
Other Format:
Print version: Tandon, Shivangini Life stories in Mughal India
ISBN:
9781003602484
1003602487
9781040387740
1040387748
9781040387764
1040387764
Publisher Number:
90102153484
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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