The Crisis Of Empire In Mughal North India

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013413490

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The collapse of the Mughal empire has often been characterized as a period of political fragmentation, social unrest, and economic decay. Contrasting two regions in north India--Awadh and the Punjab--Muzaffar Alam contends that even as the empire declined, there emerged a new, regionally-based political order, maintained and controlled by former Mughal rulers. From agrarian uprisings to the jagiardari system, the Sikhs to the Zamindars, this book presents a bold new interpretation of an important transition in Indian government.

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : OUP India
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0198077416

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The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India by Muzaffar Alam Pdf

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.

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438484907

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The Mughals and the Sufis by Muzaffar Alam Pdf

Based on a critical study of a large number of contemporary Persian texts, court chronicles, epistolary collections, and biographies of sufi mystics, The Mughals and the Sufis examines the complexities in the relationship between Mughal political culture and the two dominant strains of Islam's Sufi traditions in South Asia: one centered around orthodoxy, the other focusing on a more accommodating and mystical spirituality. Muzaffar Alam analyses the interplay of these elements, their negotiation and struggle for resolution via conflict and coordination, and their longer-term outcomes as the empire followed its own political and cultural trajectory as it shifted from the more liberal outlook of Emperor Akbar "The Great" (r. 1556–1605) to the more rigid attitudes of his great-grandson, Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (r. 1658–1701). Alam brings to light many new and underutilized sources relevant to the religious and cultural history of the Mughals and reinterprets well-known sources from a new perspective to provide one of the most detailed and nuanced portraits of Indian Islam under the Mughal Empire available today.

Author : Muzaffar Alam,Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231158114

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Writing the Mughal World by Muzaffar Alam,Sanjay Subrahmanyam Pdf

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.

Author : Pratyay Nath
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199098231

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Climate of Conquest by Pratyay Nath Pdf

What can war tell us about empire? In Climate of Conquest, Pratyay Nath seeks to answer this question by focusing on the Mughals. He goes beyond the traditional way of studying war in terms of battles and technologies. Instead, he unravels the deep connections that the processes of war-making shared with the society, culture, environment, and politics of early modern South Asia. Climate of Conquest closely studies the dynamics of the military campaigns that helped the Mughals conquer North India and project their power beyond it. The author argues that the diverse natural environment of South Asia deeply shaped Mughal military techniques and the course of imperial expansion. He also sheds light on the world of military logistics, labour, animals, and the organization of war; the process of the formation of imperial frontiers; and the empire’s legitimization of war and conquest. What emerges is a fresh interpretation of Mughal empire-building as a highly adaptive, flexible, and accommodative process.

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:59984110

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Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India by Muzaffar Alam Pdf

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Mogul Empire
ISBN : 0199082383

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The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India by Muzaffar Alam Pdf

In the backdrop of the decline of the Mughal empire, this text 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.

Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781408806883

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The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple Pdf

WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZE | LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 'Indispensable reading on both India and the Empire' Daily Telegraph 'Brims with life, colour and complexity . . . outstanding' Evening Standard 'A compulsively readable masterpiece' Brian Urquhart, The New York Review of Books A stunning and bloody history of nineteenth-century India and the reign of the Last Mughal. In May 1857 India's flourishing capital became the centre of the bloodiest rebellion the British Empire had ever faced. Once a city of cultural brilliance and learning, Delhi was reduced to a battered, empty ruin, and its ruler – Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last of the Great Mughals – was thrown into exile. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreat. The Last Mughal tells the story of the doomed Mughal capital, its tragic destruction, and the individuals caught up in one of the most terrible upheavals in history, as an army mutiny was transformed into the largest anti-colonial uprising to take place anywhere in the world in the entire course of the nineteenth century.

Author : Muzaffar Alam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:760474670

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CRISIS OF EMPIRE IN MUGHAL NORTH INDIA: AWADH AND PUNJAB 1707-48 by Muzaffar Alam Pdf

Author : Munis D. Faruqui
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781107022171

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The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 by Munis D. Faruqui Pdf

A new interpretation of the Mughal Empire explores Mughal state formation through the pivotal role of its princes.

Author : Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla,Patrick K. O'Brien,Francisco Comín Comín
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107013513

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The Rise of Fiscal States by Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla,Patrick K. O'Brien,Francisco Comín Comín Pdf

Leading economic historians present a groundbreaking series of country case studies exploring the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia.

Author : John F. Richards
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0511584067

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The Mughal Empire by John F. Richards Pdf

The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. Richards stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovations in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. He also analyzes institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India's links with the early modern world.

Author : Meena Bhargava
Publisher : Debates in Indian History and
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0198090560

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The Decline of the Mughal Empire by Meena Bhargava Pdf

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.

Author : C. A. Bayly
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1988-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0521310547

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Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars by C. A. Bayly Pdf

Widely acclaimed when it first appeared in hard covers, Dr Bayly's authoritative study traces the evolution of North Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of mature Victorian empire following the 'mutiny' of 1857. The first section of the book looks at the response of the inhabitants of the Ganges Valley to the 'Time of Troubles' in the eighteenth century. The second section shows how the incoming British, were themselves constrained to build their new empire on this resilient network of towns, rural bazaars and merchant communities; and how in turn colonial trade and administration were moulded by indigenous forms of commerce and politics. The third section focuses on the social history of the towns under early colonial rule and includes an analysis of the culture and business methods of the Indian merchant family. It is based in part on the private records and histories of the business people themselves.

Author : Andrew de la Garza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317245308

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The Mughal Empire at War by Andrew de la Garza Pdf

The Mughal Empire was one of the great powers of the early modern era, ruling almost all of South Asia, a conquest state, dominated by its military elite. Many historians have viewed the Mughal Empire as relatively backward, the Emperor the head of a traditional warband from Central Asia, with tribalism and the traditions of the Islamic world to the fore, and the Empire not remotely comparable to the forward looking Western European states of the period, with their strong innovative armies implementing the “military revolution”. This book argues that, on the contrary, the military establishment built by the Emperor Babur and his successors was highly sophisticated, an effective combination of personnel, expertise, technology and tactics, drawing on precedents from Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and India, and that the resulting combined arms system transformed the conduct of warfare in South Asia. The book traces the development of the Mughal Empire chronologically, examines weapons and technology, tactics and operations, organization, recruitment and training, and logistics and non-combat operations, and concludes by assessing the overall achievements of the Mughal Empire, comparing it to its Western counterparts, and analyzing the reasons for its decline.