Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia /: memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia /: memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia
- Further Information:
- Note: Lisa Balabanlilar.
- Other Names:
- Balabanlilar, Lisa, 1958-
- 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 KabulIn This State of Exile; Abstinence and Longing; The Poetry of Exile; Cultural Bridges and Nostalgia; Chapter 2 Dynastic Memory and the Genealogical Cult ; Genealogy 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 Succession ; Wives, 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 ContemporariesRestless Princes, Fratricide, and Timurid ImperialCover ; 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 KabulIn This State of Exile; Abstinence and Longing; The Poetry of Exile; Cultural Bridges and Nostalgia; Chapter 2 Dynastic Memory and the Genealogical Cult ; Genealogy 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 Succession ; Wives, 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 ContemporariesRestless 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 ; Introduction; Prologue 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 LandscapeChapter 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. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : I.B. Tauris
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, maps
- Subjects:
- 954.025
Timurids -- History
Timurids
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Mogul Empire -- History
India -- History -- 1526-1765
India
India -- Mogul Empire
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780857732460
0857732463 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781784531287
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.392553
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