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Mirrors of empire : courtiers, diplomats, and intellectuals in Mughal India/ Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alam, Muzaffar.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (476 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- State University of New York Press, 2026.
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Approaches the history of the Mughal Empire at the level of human experience, through a diverse group of autobiographical narratives.Starting from 1526, the Mughals ruled over much of India for three centuries, perhaps the most important Islamic empire in the early modern world.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- A Note on Transliteration and Calendars
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Self-narratives and Mughal History
- Locating Self-narratives
- Entering the Mughal Domains
- The Successor Texts
- In Retrospect
- 2 Faizi's Way
- Imperial Claim-making
- The Power of the Pen
- Introducing Faizi
- The First Report
- Faizi in Ahmadnagar
- From Envoy to Talent Scout
- Going Through the Motions
- The Long Way Home
- Conclusion
- 3 Self-promoting Envoys
- Introduction
- Asad Beg's Mirror
- Asad Beg at Court
- A New Assignment
- The Deccan Frontier
- The Visit to Bijapur
- The Return from Bijapur
- The Departure from Ahmadnagar
- A New Voyage South
- The Return to Agra
- Asad Beg's Text in Context
- 4 Of Visible Frontiers and Concealed Gardens
- The Question of 'Abdul Latif
- The Scholar-Official as Traveller
- Eastward Bound
- Into the Mughal East
- Intermezzo: The Case of Mirza Nathan
- Bhimsen in the Deccan
- A Narrative of Decline
- Anomalies and Excursions
- Concluding Remarks
- 5 On Discovering the Familiar
- The World of the Capital
- The Reinvention of Delhi
- Mukhlis and His Memoir
- Anand Ram and Nadir Shah
- The Bangarh Expedition
- Battles and Negotiations
- The Further Travels of Anand Ram
- Closing Reflections
- 6 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- "First published by Permanent Black [...] for the territory of South Asia"-- Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-448) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9798855805628 (electronic bk.)
- 979-88-558-0707-3
- 979-88-558-0562-8
- OCLC:
- 1568061592
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