| Descript |
xix, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1 |
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Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1
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| Summary |
"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." -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index |
| Contents |
Timurid political charisma and the ideology of rule -- Babur and the Timurid exile -- Dynastic memory and the genealogical cult -- The peripatetic court and the Timurid-Mughal landscape -- Legitimacy, restless princes and the imperial succession -- Imagining Kingship |
| Subject |
Mogul Empire -- History
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Timurids -- History
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India -- History -- 1526-1765
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| ISBN |
9781848857261 (hbk.) |
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