Local states in an imperial world : identity, society and politics in the early modern Deccan /

Focusing on the Deccan Sultanates of 16th- and 17th-century central India, Local States in an Imperial World promotes the idea that some polities of the time were not aspiring to be empires.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fischel, Roy S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Sultans > India > Deccan > History.
Local government > India > Deccan.
Sultans > Inde > Deccan > Histoire.
Administration locale > Inde > Deccan.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Local government.
Social conditions.
Sultans.
Deccan (India) > History.
Deccan (India) > Social conditions.
Deccan (Inde) > Histoire.
Deccan (Inde) > Conditions sociales.
India > Deccan.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • LOCAL STATES IN AN IMPERIAL WORLD
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 Mapping the Deccan
  • 2 The Sultanates and the Deccan
  • 3 Foreigners, Locals and the World
  • 4 Locality, Vernacular and Political Language
  • 5 Limitations of the Deccani System
  • 6 Conclusion: Hoopoes and Falcons
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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