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| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Mughal State, 1526-1750 Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 2000-02-17 The Mughal state, has, ever since its existence, exercised a compelling effect on observers. Debates have rage concerning its character and on the nature of the Mughal state. This book brings together some of the key interventions in these debates. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Writing the Mughal World Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 2012 Between the mid-sixteenth and early nineteenth century, the Mughal Empire was an Indo-Islamic dynasty that ruled as far as Bengal in the east and Kabul in the west, as high as Kashmir in the north and the Kaveri basin in the south. The Mughals constructed a sophisticated, complex system of government that facilitated an era of profound artistic and architectural achievement. They promoted the place of Persian culture in Indian society and set the groundwork for South Asia's future development. In this volume, two leading historians of early modern South Asia present nine major joint essays on the Mughal Empire, framed by an essential introductory reflection. Making creative use of materials written in Persian, Indian vernacular languages, and a variety of European languages, their chapters accomplish the most significant innovations in Mughal historiography in decades, intertwining political, cultural, and commercial themes while exploring diplomacy, state-formation, history-writing, religious debate, and political thought. Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam center on confrontations between different source materials that they then reconcile, enabling readers to participate in both the debate and resolution of competing claims. Their introduction discusses the comparative and historiographical approach of their work and its place within the literature on Mughal rule. Interdisciplinary and cutting-edge, this volume richly expands research on the Mughal state, early modern South Asia, and the comparative history of the Mughal, Ottoman, Safavid, and other early modern empires. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Mughals and the Sufis , 2021 |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: India Before Europe Catherine B. Asher, Cynthia Talbot, 2006-03-16 The first survey of the political, economic, religious and cultural landscapes of medieval India. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Languages of Political Islam Muzaffar Alam, 2004 This book shows the ways in which political Islam, from its establishment in medieval north India, adapted itself to a variety of indigenous contexts and became deeply Indianized. --book jacket. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Mirror for the Muslim Prince Mehrzad Boroujerdi, 2013-05-01 In this volume, a group of distinguished scholars reinterpret concepts and canons of Islamic thought in Arab, Persian, South Asian, and Turkish traditions. They demonstrate that there is no unitary Islamic position on important issues of statecraft and governance. They recognize that Islam is a discursive site marked by silences, agreements, and animated controversies. Rigorous debates and profound disagreements among Muslim theologians, philosophers, and literati have taken place over such questions as: What is an Islamic state? Was the state ever viewed as an independent political institution in the Islamic tradition of political thought? Is it possible that a religion that places an inordinate emphasis upon the importance of good deeds does not indeed have a vigorous notion of public interest or a systematic theory of government? Does Islam provide an edifice, a common idiom, and an ideological mooring for premodern and modern Muslim rulers alike? The nuanced reading of the Islamic traditions provided in this book will help future generations of Muslims contemplate a more humane style of statecraft. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India Muzaffar Alam, 1986 This Pioneering Book Examines Two Contrasting Regions Of North India And Shows How The Period 1707-1748 Saw The Emergence Of A New Order With Local And Regional Idioms, Even Though Echoes From The Imperial Period Continued To Be Heard. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Writing the Mughal World Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 2011-08-09 In this volume, the authors present essays on the Mughal Empire by intertwining political, cultural, and commercial themes while exploring diplomacy, state-formation, history-writing, religious debate, and political thought. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Mug̲h̲al State, 1526-1750 Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 1998 The Mughal state has, since the time of its existence, exercised a compelling effect on observers. A rich historiography in Indian and European languages has long existed, and in the present century debates have raged concerning its character, and the implications for the longer-term trajectory of the subcontinent. This book brings together some of the key interventions in that debate, while its detailed introduction surveys the main positions, and outlines possibilities for future research. It is the outcome of the collaboration of two scholars, one a leading specialist on Mughal studies, the other a social and economic historian of the early modern Indian Ocean world and southern India. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719 Munis D. Faruqui, 2012-08-27 For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic empires on earth? In this rigorous new interpretation of the period, Munis D. Faruqui explores Mughal state formation through the pivotal role of the Mughal princes. In a challenge to previous scholarship, the book suggests that far from undermining the foundations of empire, the court intrigues and political backbiting that were features of Mughal political life - and that frequently resulted in rebellions and wars of succession - actually helped spread, deepen and mobilise Mughal power through an empire-wide network of friends and allies. This engaging book, which uses a vast archive of European and Persian sources, takes the reader from the founding of the empire under Babur to its decline in the 1700s. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The King and the People Abhishek Kaicker, 2020-02-03 An original 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 book 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. Drawing on a wealth of sources from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this book is the first comprehensive account of the dynamic relationship between ruling authority and its urban subjects in an era that until recently was seen as one of only decline. By placing ordinary people at the centre of its narrative, this wide-ranging work offers fresh perspectives on imperial sovereignty, on the rise of an urban culture of political satire, and on the place of the practices of faith in the work of everyday politics. It unveils a formerly invisible urban panorama of soldiers and poets, merchants and shoemakers, who lived and died in the shadow of the Red Fort during an era of both dizzying turmoil and heady possibilities. As much an account of politics and ideas as a history of the city and its people, this lively and lucid book will be equally of value for specialists, students, and lay readers interested in the lives and ambitions of the mass of ordinary inhabitants of India's historic capital three hundred years ago. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Mughals of India Harbans Mukhia, 2009 The Mughals of India explores the grandest and longest lasting empire in Indian history. This innovative book examines the Mughal presence in India from 1526 to the mid-eighteenth century through four new entry points: the sources of the Mughal states legitimacy; the evolution and meaning of court etiquette; the world of the imperial Mughal family; and the interaction between folklore and court culture. Based upon a wide range of sources - court chronicles, official documents, poetry, paintings, travellers accounts, bazaar gossip and folktales - the book takes account of both the tensions and harmonies within the court and the durability of the empire's structures, together with the transient moments of the Mughals' world and its lasting legacy in todays India. For Conquest and Governance: Legitimacy, Religion, and Political Culture Etiquette and Empire The World of the Mughal Family Folklore and Mughal Court Culture |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Eighteenth Century in India Seema Alavi, 2007-09-27 Part of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume presents the key argument of the debates, along with a selection of writings that made pioneering interventions in the study of the 18th century in Indian history. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Formation of the Colonial State in India Hayden J. Bellenoit, 2017-02-17 In the period between the 1770s and 1840s, through the process of colonial state formation, the early colonial state in India was able to harness and extract vast amounts of agrarian wealth in north India. However, little is known of the histories of the Indian scribes and the role they played in shaping the early patterns of British colonial rule. This book offers a new way of interpreting the colonial state’s origins in north India. It examines how the formation of early agrarian revenue settlements exacerbated an extant late Mughal taxation tradition, and how the success of British power was shaped by this extant paper-oriented revenue culture. It goes on to examine how the service and cultural histories of various Hindu scribal communities fit within broader changes in political administration, taxation, patterns of governance and a shared Indo-Islamic administrative culture. The author argues that British power after the late eighteenth century came as much through bureaucratic mastery, paper and taxes as it did through military force and commercial ruthlessness. The book draws upon private family papers, interviews and Persian sources to demonstrate how the fortunes of scribes changed between empires, and the important role they played at the height of the British Raj by 1900. Offering a detailed account of how agrarian wealth provided the bedrock of the colonial state’s later patterns of administration, this book is a unique and refreshing contribution to studies in South Asian History, Governance and Imperialism. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Modern South Asia Sugata Bose, Ayesha Jalal, 2004 A wide-ranging survey of the Indian sub-continent, Modern South Asia gives an enthralling account of South Asian history. After sketching the pre-modern history of the subcontinent, the book concentrates on the last three centuries from c.1700 to the present. Jointly written by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians, Modern South Asia offers a rare depth of understanding of the social, economic and political realities of this region. This comprehensive study includes detailed discussions of: the structure and ideology of the British raj; the meaning of subaltern resistance; the refashioning of social relations along lines of caste class, community and gender; and the state and economy, society and politics of post-colonial South Asia The new edition includes a rewritten, accessible introduction and a chapter by chapter revision to take into account recent research. The second edition will also bring the book completely up to date with a chapter on the period from 1991 to 2002 and adiscussion of the last millennium in sub-continental history. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: A European Experience of the Mughal Orient Polier (colonel de, Antoine-Louis-Henri), 2007 This book offers a much-needed alternative perspective (coming from Persian sources) on European constructions of India. It throws significant light on Indo-Persian culture and on the complex interaction between Europeans and Indians in the eighteenth century. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Architecture of Mughal India Catherine B. Asher, 1992-09-24 In Architecture of Mughal India Catherine Asher presents the first comprehensive study of Mughal architectural achievements. The work is lavishly illustrated and will be widely read by students and specialists of South Asian history and architecture as well as by anyone interested in the magnificent buildings of the Mughal empire. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Mughal Warfare Jos J. L. Gommans, 2002 This work offers a survey of the military history of Mughal India during the age of imperial splendour from 1500 to 1700. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Land and Law in Mughal India Nandini Chatterjee, 2020-04-16 In this innovative, micro-historical approach to law, empire and society in India from the Mughal to the colonial period, Nandini Chatterjee explores the dramatic, multi-generational story of a family of Indian landlords negotiating the laws of three empires: Mughal, Maratha and British. This title is also available as Open Access. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Mughal India M. Athar Ali, 2006 The late Professor M. Athar Ali was one of the foremost authorities on Mughal history. This book is a selection of some of his best essays on a wide range of themes from the realm of ideas (including religion) to polity, administration, society and culture of the Mughal period (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). Some essays are interpretative, others represent detailed research, and rest share both elements. What unites them is his critical approach and consistence proximity to the Persian source material. The book includes a critique of 'revisionist' approaches in the study of the Mughal polity, and a section on sources. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Making of Indo-Persian Culture Muzaffar Alam, Françoise Delvoye Nalini, Marc Gaborieau, 2000 Seminar papers. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India Muzaffar Alam, 2013-03-28 In the backdrop of the decline of the Mughal empire, this book studies two contrasting regions in north India-Awadh and Punjab. It offers a bold new interpretation of the period by focussing on the agrarian uprisings, the jagirdari system, and the emergence of a new regionally-based political order. This edition includes a new introduction. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Aurangzeb Audrey Truschke, 2018 Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658-1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. ... While many continue to accept the storyline peddled by colonial-era thinkers--that Aurangzeb, a Muslim, was a Hindu-loathing bigot--there is an untold side to him as a man who strove to be a just, worthy Indian king. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Tūzuk-i-Jahāngīrī Jahangir (Emperor of Hindustan), 1909 |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Empires of the Near East and India Hani Khafipour, 2019-05-14 In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. The diverse and overlapping literate communities that flourished in these three empires left a lasting legacy on the political, religious, and cultural landscape of the Near East and India. This volume is a comprehensive sourcebook of newly translated texts that shed light on the intertwined histories and cultures of these communities, presenting a wide range of source material spanning literature, philosophy, religion, politics, mysticism, and visual art in thematically organized chapters. Scholarly essays by leading researchers provide historical context for closer analyses of a lesser-known era and a framework for further research and debate. The volume aims to provide a new model for the study and teaching of the region’s early modern history that stands in contrast to the prevailing trend of examining this interconnected past in isolation. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Decline of the Mughal Empire Meena Bhargava, 2014 The Mughal Empire is a fascinating mosaic in the history of India. The 'decline' of the Mughal Empire, along with its power, wealth, stability, territoriality, and exquisite and surreal character, has engaged historians for several decades in a complex and contentious debate. This volume explores the divergent views and discussions that surround the withering of this empire and focuses on the different paradigms and assumptions that have shaped the interpretations of this decline. A part of the Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume tackles questions regarding the Mughal Empire. Was the decline a mere deterioration of power over a period of roughly thirty to fifty years or did the decentralizing tendencies of the empire become more apparent and aggressive during these particular years? Did the decline of the Mughal Empire lead to a 'dark age', or notwithstanding the decline and the political collapse of the centre, did the Indian economy and polity continue to flourish? This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and scholars of medieval and modern Indian history. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: India's Polity in the Age of Akbar Iqtidar Alam Khan, 2016 |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Political Economy of Commerce: Southern India 1500-1650 Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 2002-07-18 Explores the relationship between long-distance trade and the economic and political structure of southern India. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Medieval India: Delhi Sultanat, 1206-1526 Satish Chandra, 1997 |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Enemy of All Mankind Steven Johnson, 2020-05-12 “Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street Journal From The New York Times–bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular—and wildly inaccurate—reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Every’s most lasting legacy was his inadvertent triggering of a major shift in the global economy. Enemy of All Mankind focuses on one key event—the attack on an Indian treasure ship by Every and his crew—and its surprising repercussions across time and space. It’s the gripping tale of one of the most lucrative crimes in history, the first international manhunt, and the trial of the seventeenth century. Johnson uses the extraordinary story of Henry Every and his crimes to explore the emergence of the East India Company, the British Empire, and the modern global marketplace: a densely interconnected planet ruled by nations and corporations. How did this unlikely pirate and his notorious crime end up playing a key role in the birth of multinational capitalism? In the same mode as Johnson’s classic nonfiction historical thriller The Ghost Map, Enemy of All Mankind deftly traces the path from a single struck match to a global conflagration. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib, 2001-02-01 The first edition of the book aimed at presenting a mass of critically analysed material on the agrarian conditions of pre-colonial India - a subject which till then had received little attention. This revised and updated edition has much that is new in both descrition and perception. There is an expanded bibliography, a new descriptive index and new illustrations and maps. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Mughal World Abraham Eraly, 2007 It Is Hard To Imagine Anyone Succeeding More Gracefully In Producing A Balanced Overview Than Abraham Eraly William Dalrymple, Sunday Times, London In The Mughal World Abraham Eraly Continues His Fascinating Chronicle Of The Grand Saga Of The Mughal Empire. In Emperors Of The Peacock Throne He Gave Us The Story Of The Lives And Achievements Of The Great Mughal Emperors; In This Book, He Looks Beyond The Momentous Historical Events To Portray, In Precise And Vivid Detail, The Agony And Ecstasy Of Life In Mughal India. Combining Scholarly Objectivity With Artful Storytelling The Author Presents A Lively Panorama Of The Mughal World Emperors And Nobles At Work And Play; Harem Life; The Profligacy And Extravagance Of The Ruling Class Juxtaposed With The Stark Wretchedness Of The Common People. Meticulously Researched And Lucidly Narrated The Mughal World Offers Rare Insights Into The State Of The Empire S Economy, Religious Policies, The Mughal Army And Its Tactics, And The Glories Of Mughal Art, Architecture, Literature And Music. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: India's Fabled City Stephen Markel, 2010 |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Paper, Performance, and the State : Social Change and Political Culture in Mughal India Farhat Hasan, 2022-02-03 Looking at the political processes in early modern South Asia as shaped by state formation from below, this work argues that, outside the imperial and trans-regional contexts, the Mughal state subsisted on the mutually-empowering relations with the elites and common people. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: The Apparatus of Empire Muhammad Athar Ali, 1985 |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire Seema Alavi, 2015-04-06 Seema Alavi challenges the idea that all pan-Islamic configurations are anti-Western or pro-Caliphate. A pan-Islamic intellectual network at the cusp of the British and Ottoman empires became the basis of a global Muslim sensibility—a political and cultural affiliation that competes with ideas of nationhood today as it did in the last century. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Transport and Communications in India Prior to Steam Locomotion: Land transport Jean Deloche, 1993 This volume (the first of two) is devoted to the origins, development, and operation of land transport. Deloche first traces the history of ancient roads across the subcontinent from the Himalayas down to South India, and then looks at all aspects of road construction and examines various means of transport. Detailed descriptions are based on data drawn from a large number of varied sources, covering a time period from the early Vedic to the nineteenth century. The text is effectively illustrated with clear, simple and attractive line drawings. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Kingship and Authority in South Asia John F. Richards, 1998 Seminar papers. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Mughal Administration Sir Jadunath Sarkar, 2024-04-09 Mughal Administration provides a complete treatise on the administrative system of the Mughal empire, its theory and practice, its root principles and aims, and their effect in actual operation. |
| the mughal state muzaffar alam: Bankrolling Empire Sudev Sheth, 2023-11-30 Sudev Sheth explores how a Gujarati family of jewelers became unwitting partners in the collapse of the Mughal Empire. |
Mughal Empire - Wikipedia
The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the …
Mughal dynasty | Map, Rulers, Decline, & Facts | Britannica
Jun 11, 2025 · Mughal dynasty, Muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. The administrative organization of …
5 legendary Mughal rulers and the facts that made them ...
3 days ago · The Mughal Empire significantly influenced the Indian subcontinent through its administrative systems and iconic monuments. Key emperors like Babur, who established the …
Mughal Empire - New World Encyclopedia
The Mughal Empire, (Persian language: مغل بادشاۿ) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled parts of Afghanistan, Balochistan and most of the Indian Subcontinent between …
Mughal - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 27, 2018 · Mughal (mōōgŭl´) or Mogul (mō´gəl, mōgŭl´), Muslim empire in India, 1526–1857. The dynasty was founded by Babur [1], a Turkic chieftain who had his base in Afghanistan. …
The Mughal Empire's 300-Year Rule of India - ThoughtCo
Jul 8, 2019 · The Mughal Empire started in 1526 and ruled India for over 300 years. At its height, the Mughal Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the world. The Mughals left …
Mughal Empire, History, Timeline, Rulers List, Map, UPSC Notes
Apr 8, 2025 · The Mughal Empire ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent from the early 16th to mid-19th centuries. Founded in 1526 by Babur, a Timurid prince descended from Turkic …
Mughal Empire - Wikipedia
The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the …
Mughal dynasty | Map, Rulers, Decline, & Facts | Britannica
Jun 11, 2025 · Mughal dynasty, Muslim dynasty of Turkic-Mongol origin that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. The administrative organization of the …
5 legendary Mughal rulers and the facts that made them ...
3 days ago · The Mughal Empire significantly influenced the Indian subcontinent through its administrative systems and iconic monuments. Key emperors like Babur, who established the …
Mughal Empire - New World Encyclopedia
The Mughal Empire, (Persian language: مغل بادشاۿ) was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled parts of Afghanistan, Balochistan and most of the Indian Subcontinent between …
Mughal - Encyclopedia.com
Jun 27, 2018 · Mughal (mōōgŭl´) or Mogul (mō´gəl, mōgŭl´), Muslim empire in India, 1526–1857. The dynasty was founded by Babur [1], a Turkic chieftain who had his base in Afghanistan. …
The Mughal Empire's 300-Year Rule of India - ThoughtCo
Jul 8, 2019 · The Mughal Empire started in 1526 and ruled India for over 300 years. At its height, the Mughal Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the world. The Mughals left …
Mughal Empire, History, Timeline, Rulers List, Map, UPSC Notes
Apr 8, 2025 · The Mughal Empire ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent from the early 16th to mid-19th centuries. Founded in 1526 by Babur, a Timurid prince descended from Turkic …
