The Princes of the Mughal Empire

Faruqui, Munis Daniyal:
The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 / Munis D. Faruqui. - New York [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xvii, 348 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-1-107-02217-1
US$ 99,00 / £ 60,00
954.0250922
-- Angekündigt für Oktober 2012 --

Beschreibung
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. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Maps and Illustrations. viii
Acknowledgments. ix
Mughal Family Tree. xi
Chronology. xiii
Note on Transliteration and Translation. xvii
Introduction. 1
1. Prologue: Setting the Stage, 1504-1707. 24
2. The Early Years, 1504-1556. 46
3. Princely Households. 66
4. Friends and Allies. 134
5. Disobedience and Rebellion. 181
6. Wars of Succession. 235
7. The Prince Shackled, 1680s-1707. 274
Conclusion. 309
Bibliography. 327
Index. 341

Autor
Munis D. Faruqui, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley. Profile page.

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