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Author Faruqui, Munis Daniyal, 1967-

Title Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 / Munis D. Faruqui
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Contents Prologue : setting the stage, 1504-1707 -- The early years, 1504-1556 -- Princely households -- Friends and allies -- Disobedience and rebellion -- Wars of succession -- The prince shackled, 1680s-1707
Summary For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic empires on earth? In this rigorous new interpretation of the period, Munis D. Faruqui explores Mughal state formation through the pivotal role of the Mughal princes. In a challenge to previous scholarship, the book suggests that far from undermining the foundations of empire, the court intrigues and political backbiting that were features of Mughal political life - and that frequently resulted in rebellions and wars of succession - actually helped spread, deepen and mobilise Mughal power through an empire-wide network of friends and allies. This engaging book, which uses a vast archive of European and Persian sources, takes the reader from the founding of the empire under Babur to its decline in the 1700s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Princes -- Mughal Empire
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Courts and courtiers
Princes
Prinz
Politik
SUBJECT Mughal Empire -- History
Mughal Empire -- Court and courtiers
Subject India -- Mogul Empire
Mogulreich
Indien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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