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Description for Mughal India
Paperback. Based on extensive and critical use of sources, this collection covers a wide range of themes concerned with Mughal history - administration, society, religion, and culture. Num Pages: 436 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JB; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
The late Professor M. Athar Ali was one of the foremost authorities on Mughal history. This book is a selection of some of his best essays on a wide range of themes from the realm of ideas (including religion) to polity, administration, society and culture of the Mughal period (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). Some essays are interpretative, others represent detailed research, and rest share both elements. What unites them is his critical approach and consistence proximity to the Persian source material. The book includes a critique of 'revisionist' approaches in the study of the Mughal polity, and a section on ... Read more
The late Professor M. Athar Ali was one of the foremost authorities on Mughal history. This book is a selection of some of his best essays on a wide range of themes from the realm of ideas (including religion) to polity, administration, society and culture of the Mughal period (sixteenth to eighteenth centuries). Some essays are interpretative, others represent detailed research, and rest share both elements. What unites them is his critical approach and consistence proximity to the Persian source material. The book includes a critique of 'revisionist' approaches in the study of the Mughal polity, and a section on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780195696615
SKU
V9780195696615
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About Dr. M. Athar Ali
The late Professor M. Athar Ali was Professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He was one of the foremost historians of Mughal India.
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