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Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia.
The last survivors of the House of Timur, the Mughals drew invaluable political capital from their lineage. 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.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
I.B. Tauris & Company, Limited,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Genealogy of the Timurid-Mughal Dynasty of India; Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; Maps; Introduction; The Contents of This Book; Prologue Timurid Political Charisma and the Ideology of Rule; Fabricating Legitimate Timurid Rule; The Death of Timur: Dynastic Legitimacy and the Timurid Renaissance; The Late Timurid World; Chapter 1 Babur and the Timurid Exile; Babur and the Late Timurid World; Padshah of Kabul; In This State of Exile; Abstinence and Longing; The Poetry of Exile; Cultural Bridges and Nostalgia
- Chapter 2 Dynastic Memory and the Genealogical CultGenealogy and the Guregeniyya; Recognition of Timurid Political Charisma; Timurid Legitimacy in India; The Timurid Ancestral Homeland; Sahib Qiran; Genealogy and the Silsilahnama; History, Imperial Memoir and the Mughal Arts of the Book; Painting, Portraiture and Memory; Artifacts and Memorabilia; Chapter 3 The Peripatetic Court and the Timurid-Mughal Landscape; The Nomadic Court; Life in a Garden; Late Timurid Gardens; The Hunt; The Hunting Park; 'Be a Friend of Wine'; The Pursuit of Pleasure
- Chapter 4 Legitimacy, Restless Princes and the Imperial SuccessionWives, Mothers and Legitimacy; Tanistry; Training Princes to Rule: The Imperial Appanage; Akbar and the Princely Appanage: Timurid Traditions Transformed; Atekes, Naukars, Allies; Adapted Succession Traditions Among Mughal Contemporaries; Restless Princes, Fratricide, and Timurid Imperial Partition; Brothers at War; How Succession Wars Served the Dynasty: Benefits of Turco-Mongol Tradition; Divine Sanction; Chapter 5 Conclusion: Imagining Kingship; Imperial Dispensation of Justice; Imperial Dispensation of Justice; Notes
- IntroductionPrologue Timurid Political Charisma and the Ideology of Rule; Chapter 1 Babur and the Timurid Exile; Chapter 2 Dynastic Memory and the Genealogical Cult; Chapter 3 The Peripatetic Court and theTimurid-Mughal Landscape; Chapter 3 The Peripatetic Court and the Timurid-Mughal Landscape; Chapter 4 Legitimacy, Restless Princes and the Imperial Succession; Chapter 5 Conclusion: Imagining Kingship; Bibliography; Index