Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire memory and dynastic politics in early modern South and Central Asia / Lisa Balabanlilar.
| Author/creator | Balabanlilar, Lisa, 1958- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | xix, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1 Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 1. ^A1130161 |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-209) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011277054 |
| ISBN | 9781848857261 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 1848857268 (hbk.) |