India In The Persian World Of Letters

Author : Arthur Dudney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780192857415

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book traces the development of philology (the study of literary language) in the Persian tradition in India, concentrating on its socio-political ramifications. The most influential Indo-Persian philologist of the eighteenth-century was Sirāj al-Dīn 'Alī Khān, (d. 1756), whose pen-name was Ārzū. Besides being a respected poet, Ārzū was a rigorous theoretician of language whose Intellectual legacy was side-lined by colonialism. His conception of language accounted for literary innovation and historical change in part to theorize the tāzah-go'ī [literally, fresh-speaking] movement in Persian literary culture. Although later scholarship has tended to frame this debate in anachronistically nationalist terms (Iranian native-speakers versus Indian imitators), the primary sources show that contemporary concerns had less to do with geography than with the question of how to assess innovative fresh-speaking poetry, a situation analogous to the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns in early modern Europe. Ārzū used historical reasoning to argue that as a cosmopolitan language Persian could not be the property of one nation or be subject to one narrow kind of interpretation. Ārzū also shaped attitudes about reokhtah, the Persianized form of vernacular poetry that would later be renamed and reconceptualized as Urdu, helping the vernacular to gain acceptance in elite literary circles in northern India. This study puts to rest the persistent misconception that Indians started writing the vernacular because they were ashamed of their poor grasp of Persian at the twilight of the Mughal Empire.

Author : Arthur Dudney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Language and culture
ISBN : 0191948217

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India in the Persian World of Letters by Arthur Dudney Pdf

Arthur Dudney's book traces the development of philology (the study of literary language) in Persian tradition in India, focusing on socio-political ramifications and providing an intellectual biography of Arzu, an innovative and influential eighteenth-century scholar and poet in India.

Author : Katherine Butler Schofield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781009058407

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Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India by Katherine Butler Schofield Pdf

Based on a vast, virtually unstudied archive of Indian writings alongside visual sources, this book presents the first history of music and musicians in late Mughal India c.1748–1858 and takes the lives of nine musicians as entry points into six prominent types of writing on music in Persian, Brajbhasha, Urdu and English, moving from Delhi to Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur and among the British. It shows how a key Mughal cultural field responded to the political, economic and social upheaval of the transition to British rule, while addressing a central philosophical question: can we ever recapture the ephemeral experience of music once the performance is over? These rich, diverse sources shine new light on the wider historical processes of this pivotal transitional period, and provide a new history of music, musicians and their audiences during the precise period in which North Indian classical music coalesced in its modern form.

Author : India Office Library and Records,M. Z. A. Shakeb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Manuscripts, Persian
ISBN : 0903359367

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A Descriptive Catalogue of Persian Letters from Arcot and Baroda by India Office Library and Records,M. Z. A. Shakeb Pdf

Author : Montesquieu
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191604881

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Persian Letters by Montesquieu Pdf

'Oh! Monsieur is Persian? That's most extraordinary! How can someone be Persian?' Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in Paris just before the death of Louis XIV and in time to witness the hedonism and financial crash of the Regency. In their letters home they report on visits to the theatre and scientific societies, and observe the manners and flirtations of polite society, the structures of power and the hypocrisy of religion. Irony and bitter satire mark their comparison of East and West and their quest for understanding. Unsettling news from Persia concerning the female world of the harem intrudes on their new identities and provides a suspenseful plot of erotic jealousy and passion. This pioneering epistolary novel and work of travel-writing opened the world of the West to its oriental visitors and the Orient to its Western readers. This is the first English translation based on the original text, revealing this lively work as Montesquieu first intended. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Lucy Seaman Bainbridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Voyages around the world
ISBN : PRNC:32101047171077

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Round the World Letters by Lucy Seaman Bainbridge Pdf

Author : Polier (colonel de, Antoine-Louis-Henri)
Publisher : Oxford India Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : India
ISBN : 0195691873

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A European Experience of the Mughal Orient by Polier (colonel de, Antoine-Louis-Henri) Pdf

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.

Author : Nabi Hadi
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 8170173116

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Dictionary of Indo-Persian Literature by Nabi Hadi Pdf

Lakshadweep, A Group Of Coral Islands In The Arabian Sea Off The Malabar Coast, Is A Centrally Administered Territory Consisting Of Three Distinct Units -- Laccadive, Minicoy, And Amindivi. Amini Is The Largest Island Of The Amindivi Unit. The Islanders Have Three Caste-Like Groups- The Aristocratic Koya, The Sea – Faring Malmi, And The Praedial Slaves Melacheri – Consisting Of The Descendants Of Migrants From The Mainland. This Island Society Exhibits A Unique Blend Of Matrilineal Principles And Islamic Regulations. This Can Be Seen In Their Institutions Of Taravad, Karanavan, And Duo-Local Marriage On The One Hand, And In The Observance Of Islamic Prescriptions In Regard To The Performance Of Duties By Fathers And Husbands On Occasions Like Birth, Circumcisions, Marriage And Divorce, And In The Operation Of The Laws Of Property And Inheritance On The Other. The Historical And Socio-Economic Processes Through Which Their Social Structure Evolved, The Constraints Under Which It Functions Today, The Struggle Of The Melacheri To Shake Off The Yoke Of The Koya, The Role Of Islam, And The Impact Of Government Sponsored Programmes Form The Subject Matter Of This Fascinating Study. A Part From Describing An Unusual Form Of Social Organization, This Book Presents A Significant Microscopic Picture Of The Processes Of Change In The Island Society.

Author : Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1736
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10095033

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Persian Letters by Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu Pdf

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Author : Firdawsī
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0670034851

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Shahnameh by Firdawsī Pdf

A new translation of the late-tenth-century Persian epic follows its story of pre-Islamic Iran's mythic time of Creation through the seventh-century Arab invasion, tracing ancient Persia's incorporation into an expanding Islamic empire. 15,000 first printing.

Author : Rajeev Kinra
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520286467

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Writing Self, Writing Empire by Rajeev Kinra Pdf

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan “Brahman” (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan’s life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the “Great Mughals” whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire’s power, territorial reach, and global influence. As a high-caste Hindu who worked for a series of Muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way, Chandar Bhan’s experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the Mughal court, particularly during the reign of Shah Jahan, the celebrated builder of the Taj Mahal. But his widely circulated and emulated works also touch on a range of topics central to our understanding of the court’s literary, mystical, administrative, and ethical cultures, while his letters and autobiographical writings provide tantalizing examples of early modern Indo-Persian modes of self-fashioning. Chandar Bhan’s oeuvre is a valuable window onto a crucial, though surprisingly neglected, period of Mughal cultural and political history.

Author : Nile Green
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520972100

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The Persianate World by Nile Green Pdf

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Persian is one of the great lingua francas of world history. Yet despite its recognition as a shared language across the Islamic world and beyond, its scope, impact, and mechanisms remain underexplored. A world historical inquiry into pre-modern cosmopolitanism, The Persianate World traces the reach and limits of Persian as a Eurasian language in a comprehensive survey of its geographical, literary, and social frontiers. From Siberia to Southeast Asia, and between London and Beijing, this book shows how Persian gained, maintained, and finally surrendered its status to imperial and vernacular competitors. Fourteen essays trace Persian’s interactions with Bengali, Chinese, Turkic, Punjabi, and other languages to identify the forces that extended “Persographia,” the domain of written Persian. Spanning the ages of expansion and contraction, The Persianate World offers a critical survey of both the supports and constraints of one of history’s key languages of global exchange.

Author : Eric Tagliacozzo,David S. Powers
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501772412

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Islamic Ecumene by Eric Tagliacozzo,David S. Powers Pdf

The essays in Islamic Ecumene address the ways in which Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia and from sub-Saharan Africa to the steppes of Uzbekistan are members of a broad cultural unit. Although the Muslim inhabitants of these lands speak dozens of languages, represent numerous ethnic groups, and practice diverse forms of Islam, they are united by shared practices and worldviews shaped by religious identity. To highlight these commonalities, the co-editors invited a team of scholars from a wide range of disciplines to examine Muslim societies in comparative and interconnected ways. The result is a book that showcases ethics, education, architecture, the arts, modernization, political resistance, marriage, divorce, and death rituals. Using the insights and methods of historians, anthropologists, literary critics, art historians, political scientists, and sociologists, Islamic Ecumene seeks to understand Islamic identity as a dynamic phenomenon that is reflected in the multivalent practices of the more than one billion people across the planet who identify as Muslims.

Author : Keys,Edward Maitland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000605039

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The Keys of the Creeds. [A Series of Letters by Keys,Edward Maitland Pdf

Author : Radhika Seshan,Ryuto Shimada
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000888614

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Merchants and Ports in the Indian Ocean World by Radhika Seshan,Ryuto Shimada Pdf

The Indian Ocean world has a rich history of socio-economic and cultural exchanges across time and space. This book and its companion, Connecting the Indian Ocean World explore these connections around the wider Indian Ocean world. The book looks at the extensive range of maritime networks that criss-crossed pre-modern Asia and the Indian Ocean region connecting ports, peoples and cultures. It explores the connected histories of these regions and the movement of merchants, commodities and money which created the multi-cultural and cosmopolitan port cities like Surat and Nagasaki. With contributions from Indian and Japanese scholars, the volume analyses travellers’ accounts and trade routes between Japan and India, offering insights into how maritime movement shaped culture, politics and the social life of people in the most populated and productive regions of the world in the early modern period. Rich in archival material, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Indian Ocean history, maritime history, economic and commercial history, Asian and South Asian history and social anthropology.