Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia
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Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia
（Library of South Asian history and culture, v. 1）
I.B. Tauris, 2012
- : hbk
Available at 10 libraries
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Bibliography: p. [192]-209
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Having monopolized Central Asian politics and culture for over a century, the Timurid ruling elite was forced from its ancestral homeland in Transoxiana at the turn of the sixteenth century by an invading Uzbek tribal confederation. The Timurids travelled south: establishing themselves as the new rulers of a region roughly comprising modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India, and founding what would become the Mughal Empire (1526-1857). The last survivors of the House of Timur, the Mughals drew invaluable political capital from their lineage, which was recognized for its charismatic genealogy and court culture - the features of which are examined here. By identifying Mughal loyalty to Turco-Mongol institutions and traditions, Lisa Balabanlilar here positions the Mughal dynasty at the centre of the early modern Islamic world as the direct successors of a powerful political and religious tradition.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Central Asian Empire - Identity and Legacy
PART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPERIAL COURT CULTURE IN MUGHAL INDIA
1. The Development of a Dynastic Memory
2. The Timurid-Mughal Landscape and Peripatetic Royal Court
PART II: THE INHERITANCE OF TRADITIONAL MODELS OF BEHAVIOUR WITHIN THE TIMURID-MUGHAL FAMILY
3. Women in Timurid-Mughal Dynastic Politics
4. Princes and the Imperial Secession
Conclusion: The Timurid Kigns of India
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