Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire

Balabanlilar, Lisa:
Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia / Lisa Balabanlilar. - London ; New York : I. B. Tauris [distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan], 2012. - XIX, 216 S. : Ill., Kt. - (Library of South Asian history and culture ; 1)
ISBN 978-1-8488-5726-1
£ 54,50 / US$ 92,00
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Beschreibung
Having monopolized Central Asian politics and culture for over a century, the Timurid ruling elite was forced from its ancestral homeland in Transoxiana at the turn of the sixteenth century by an invading Uzbek tribal confederation. The Timurids travelled south: establishing themselves as the new rulers of a region roughly comprising modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India, and founding what would become the Mughal Empire (1526-1857). The last survivors of the House of Timur, the Mughals drew invaluable political capital from their lineage, which was recognized for its charismatic genealogy and court culture - the features of which are examined here. By identifying Mughal loyalty to Turco-Mongol institutions and traditions, 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. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Genealogy of the Timurid-Mughal Dynasty of India. vii
Acknowledgements. xv
A Note on Transliteration. xvii
Maps. xviii
Introduction. 1
Prologue: Timurid Political Charisma and the Ideology of Rule. 7
1. Babur and the Timurid Exile. 18
2. Dynastic Memory and the Genealogical Cult. 37
3. The Peripatetic Court and the Timurid-Mughal Landscape. 71
4. Legitimacy, Restless Princes and the Imperial Succession. 100
5. Conclusion: Imagining Kingship. 140
Notes. 156
Bibliography. 192
Index. 210

Autorin
LISA BALABANLILAR is Assistant Professor of South and Central Asian History at Rice University, Texas. Profile page.

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