Download or read book Memoirs of the Mogul Court written by Niccolao Manucci and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of the Mogul Court written by Niccolao Manucci and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of the Mogul Court Edited by Michael Edwardes Extracted from William Irvine s Translation of the Storia Do Mogor With Plates written by Niccolao MANUCCI and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Storia Do Mogor Or Mogul India 1653 1708 Volume I written by Niccolao Manucci and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Writing Self Writing Empire written by Rajeev Kinra and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan “Brahman” (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan’s life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the “Great Mughals” whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire’s power, territorial reach, and global influence. As a high-caste Hindu who worked for a series of Muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way, Chandar Bhan’s experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the Mughal court, particularly during the reign of Shah Jahan, the celebrated builder of the Taj Mahal. But his widely circulated and emulated works also touch on a range of topics central to our understanding of the court’s literary, mystical, administrative, and ethical cultures, while his letters and autobiographical writings provide tantalizing examples of early modern Indo-Persian modes of self-fashioning. Chandar Bhan’s oeuvre is a valuable window onto a crucial, though surprisingly neglected, period of Mughal cultural and political history.
Download or read book The Jahangirnama written by Jahangir (Emperor of Hindustan) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wheeler Thackstons lively new translation ofThe Jahangirnama, co-published with the Freer/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, presents an engaging portrait of an intriguing emperor and his flourishing empire. The Emperor Jahangir is probably best know in the West as being the father of Shahjahan, who built the Taj Mahal. His reign was one of great prosperity, and his passion for art and nature encouraged a flowering that some say rivaled European art during the rule of the Medicis. In penning his memoirs, Jahangir followed a tradition begun by his great-grandfather, the Emperor Babur. Jahangirs memoirs, however, provide not only the history of his reign, but also his reflections on art, politics, and private details about his familyincluding the suicide of one of his wivesand selections of poetry written by members of his harem. One of Jahangirs stories describes his astonishment at witnessing the fall of a meteorite, an event that so amazed him that he ordered that a dagger be made from its metal. This book includes a selection of exquisite full-color paintings, drawings, and objects that specifically illustrate the passages they accompany--including a photograph of the Emperors treasured dagger. A lover of jewels, nature, hunting, drinking, and opiates, Jahangir carried the Mughal empire to artistic and political heights. Refreshingly candid and frank, this splendidly illustrated edition of Jahangirs memoirs is a thoroughly absorbing profile of an emperor and the zenith of his empire.
Download or read book Mogul India Or Storia Do Mogor 4 Vols Set written by Niccolao Manucci and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Well-Known Traveller'S Account Of Mughal India, Manucci The Venetian'S Work, Which Has Been Typically Out Of Print For A Long Time Ever Since Its Appearance In 1907-9, Is Now Offered In Its Full And Unexpurgated Form. It Is A Faithful And Vivid Picture Of Mediaeval India From 1656-1680. Like Tavernier And Brucer, Two Equally Famous Travel¬Lers' Works, Hedges' Diary Of Mughal Provincial Administration, Gemeli Careri'S Visit To Aurangzeb'S Camp In The Deccan In 1695 And Catrou'S Histoire Generate De L'Empire Du Mogol (1715), Founded On The Memoirs Printed In These Pages, This Voluminous Four-Volume Work Is Of Both Subjective And Objective Value Which Can Hardly Be Overestimated.Written In A Charming Style, The Book Is Truly A Magnum Opus Of The Celebrated Author Who Visited India In 1656 And Was Associated With The Mughal Court For Over Half A Century.He Offers Herein, Besides Other Inti¬Mate Details, An Account Of Hindu Reli¬Gion, Manners, Customs, And Description Of Muhammadan Weddings And Funerals.The Book Is A Veritable Mine Of Otherwise Inaccessible Data About A Period Of Indian History Which Everyone Should Know. Comprehensive In Its Groundwork And Masterly And Lucid In Its Details, Manucci'S Book, As Presented In Its English Garb By Irvine, Ranks Among The Most Authoritative Sources At The Disposal Of The Historian Of The Future.A Painstaking Exploration Of Life As Lived In An Important Period Of Mughal History, The Book Is Crowded With Facts Carefully And Ably Translated And Edited With Historical Footnotes Which Help In Understanding Them And Their Relation To The Administrative, Political And Social Condition Of The Time.Few Mss. Were More Worth Translat¬Ing And Few Have Had A Better Translator.
Download or read book The Court Painters of the Grand Moguls written by Laurence Binyon and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Law Orientalism and Postcolonialism written by Piyel Haldar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the ‘problem’ of pleasure Law, Orientalism and Postcolonialism uncovers the organizing principles by which the legal subject was colonized. That occidental law was complicit in colonial expansion is obvious. What remains to be addressed, however, is the manner in which law and legal discourse sought to colonize individual subjects as subjects of law. It was through the permission of pleasure that modern Western subjects were refined and domesticated. Legally sanctioned outlets for private and social enjoyment instilled and continue to instil within the individual tight self-control over behaviour. There are, however, states of behaviour considered to be repugnant to, and in excess of, modern codes of civility. Drawing on a broad range of literature, (including classical jurisprudence, eighteenth century Orientalist scholarship, early travel literature, and nineteenth century debates surrounding the rule of law), yet concentrating on the experience of British India, the argument here is that such excesses were deemed to be an Oriental phenomenon. Through the encounter with the Orient and with the fantasy of its excess, Piyel Haldar concludes, the relationship between the subject and the law was transformed, and must therefore be re-assessed.
Download or read book Postcolonial Amazons written by Walter Duvall Penrose Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars have long been divided on the question of whether the Amazons of Greek legend actually existed. Notably, Soviet archaeologists' discoveries of the bodies of women warriors in the 1980s appeared to directly contradict western classicists' denial of the veracity of the Amazon myth, and there have been few concessions between the two schools of thought since. Postcolonial Amazons offers a ground-breaking re-evaluation of the place of martial women in the ancient world, bridging the gap between myth and historical reality and expanding our conception of the Amazon archetype. By shifting the center of debate to the periphery of the region known to the Greeks, the startling conclusion emerges that the ancient Athenian conception of women as weak and fearful was not at all typical of the region of that time, even within Greece. Surrounding the Athenians were numerous peoples who held that women could be courageous, able, clever, and daring, suggesting that although Greek stories of Amazons may be exaggerations, they were based upon a real historical understanding of women who fought. While re-examining the sources of the Amazon myth, this compelling volume also resituates the Amazons in the broader context from which they have been extracted, illustrating that although they were the quintessential example of female masculinity in ancient Greek thought, they were not the only instance of this phenomenon: masculine women were masqueraded on the Greek stage, described in the Hippocratic corpus, took part in the struggle to control Alexander the Great's empire after his death, and served as bodyguards in ancient India. Against the backdrop of the ongoing debates surrounding gender norms and fluidity, Postcolonial Amazons breaks new ground as an ancient history of female masculinity and demonstrates that these ideas have a much longer and more durable heritage than we may have supposed.
Download or read book Akbar the Great Mogul written by Vincent A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Akbar, the Great Mogul: 1542-1605 Twenty-four years ago, when I was editing the Rambles and Recollections of Sir William Sleeman and was under the influence of that authors enthusiastic comment that 'Akbar has always appeared to me among sovereigns what Shakespeare was among poets', I recorded the opinion that 'the competent scholar who will undertake the exhaustive treatment of the life and reign of Akbar will be in possession of perhaps the finest great historical subject as yet unappropriated.' Since those words were printed in 1893 nobody has essayed to appropriate the subject. The hope that some day I might be able to take it up was always present to my mind, but other more urgent tasks prevented me from seriously attempting to realize my old half-formed project until January 1915, when I resolved to undertake a life of Akbar on a scale rather smaller than that at first contemplated. The result of my researches during two years is now submitted to the judgement of the public. The long delay in coming to close quarters with the subject has proved to be of the greatest advantage, both to myself and to my readers. The publication of sound, critical versions of Abu-l Fazl's Akbarn ma, Jahang r's authentic Memoirs, Gulbadan Begam's Memoirs, and certain minor works has rendered accessible in a convenient form all the principal Persian authorities for the reign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan 1398 1707 written by Edward Singleton Holden and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Pepys of Mongul India 1653 1708 written by Niccolao Manucci and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Empire of the Great Mughals written by Annemarie Schimmel and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annemarie Schimmel has written extensively on India, Islam and poetry. In this comprehensive study she presents an overview of the cultural, economic, militaristic and artistic attributes of the great Mughal Empire from 1526 to 1857.
Download or read book Tiger written by Susie Green and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart, readable, and lushly illustrated, Tiger is a natural and cultural history of this potent and much-admired creature.
Download or read book Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire written by Lisa Balabanlilar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The India Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of books on British India, 1672-1947; British Council organized exhibition collection at the custody of the India International Centre Library.
