Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia /
Balabanlilar, Lisa, 1958-
Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia / Lisa Balabanlilar. - London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - xix, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1 . - Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index.
Timurid political charisma and the ideology of rule -- Babur and the Timurid exile -- Dynastic memory and the genealogical cult -- The peripatetic court and the Timurid-Mughal landscape -- Legitimacy, restless princes and the imperial succession -- Imagining Kingship.
"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." --
9781848857261 (hbk.) 1848857268 (hbk.)
2011277054
GBB1A0227 bnb GBB1A0227 dnb
015875313 Uk
Timurids--History.
Mogul Empire--History.
India--History--1526-1765.
DS461 / .B25 2012
954.025 / BAL/I
Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia / Lisa Balabanlilar. - London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - xix, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1 . - Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index.
Timurid political charisma and the ideology of rule -- Babur and the Timurid exile -- Dynastic memory and the genealogical cult -- The peripatetic court and the Timurid-Mughal landscape -- Legitimacy, restless princes and the imperial succession -- Imagining Kingship.
"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." --
9781848857261 (hbk.) 1848857268 (hbk.)
2011277054
GBB1A0227 bnb GBB1A0227 dnb
015875313 Uk
Timurids--History.
Mogul Empire--History.
India--History--1526-1765.
DS461 / .B25 2012
954.025 / BAL/I