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Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire

By Lisa Balabanlilar

Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire Social Sciences

Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
238
Release Date:
2015-12-18
Publication Date:
2015-12-18
Publisher:
I.B. Tauris
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1784531286
ISBN13:
9781784531287
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
305 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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