Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire: Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia

ISBN-13: 9781784531287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 240 str.

Lisa Balabanlilar

Opis

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 traveled 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."

Spis treści

Introduction: Central Asian Empire - Identity and Legacy PART I: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPERIAL COURT CULTURE IN MUGHAL INDIA 1. The Development of a Dynastic Memory 2. The Timurid-Mughal Landscape and Peripatetic Royal Court PART II: THE INHERITANCE OF TRADITIONAL MODELS OF BEHAVIOUR WITHIN THE TIMURID-MUGHAL FAMILY 3. Women in Timurid-Mughal Dynastic Politics 4. Princes and the Imperial Secession Conclusion: The Timurid Kigns of India