Singh Situating Medieval India

Polity, Society and Culture
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80543-147-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Explores state formation, social fabrics and cultural mores of medieval India from 1200-1800.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Surinder

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Appointment of Government Officers in Medieval States: The Concerns of Nizam ul-Mulk Tusi and Ziauddin Barani
2. Dynastic Change in Northern India: Divergent Approaches to the Exercise of Sovereign Power
3. Rulers, Zamindars and Sufis: Probing a Triangular Model of State Formation
4. Administrative Consolidation in the Delhi Sultanate: Evidence from a Collection of Letters
5. Scientific Temperament and Technical Innovations in North India: From the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Century
6. Revolt of Dulla Bhatti against the Mughal State: A Study of Oral Tradition and Modern Cultural Forms
7. Travelling Across Northwestern India: The State of Rivers, Bridges and Boats during the Mughal Age
8. Political Culture in the Mughal Empire: An Idealistic Vision and the Ground Reality
9. A Central Asian Visitor at the Mughal Court: Meetings of Mutribi Samarqandi with Emperor Jahangir
10. Pictures of Amazement in Medieval India: Looking into the Works of Mushtaqi, Jahangir and Bhandari
11. Historical Dimensions of Islam in South Asia: Modern Writings on Polity, Religion and Culture
12. Cultural Ethos of Medieval Panjab: The Pathways of Resistance to the Structures of Dominance
13. Caste, Creed and Custom: North Indian Society Towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century
14. Celebration of Religious Diversity in Agra: Reading the Observations of Nazir Akbarabadi
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Singh Surinder:
SURINDER SINGH is the author of books titled The Making of Medieval Panjab: Politics, Society and Culture c.1000-c.1500 and Medieval Panjab in Transition: Authority, Resistance and Spirituality c.1500-c.1700. He has co-edited books such as Sufism in Punjab and Popular Literature and Pre-Modern Societies in South Asia.