The Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, 1206-1925

The Mughal Emperors and the Islamic Dynasties of India, Iran and Central Asia, 1206-1925
Author: Francis Robinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2007
Genre: Asia, Central
ISBN:

Profiles rulers from the thirteenth through the twentieth centuries whose reigns and lands were affected by Mughal power throughout Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and north and central India, in a series of biographical portraits that includes coverage of Timur, Shah Abbas the Great, and Akbar the Great.

Mughal India and Central Asia

Mughal India and Central Asia
Author: Richard C. Foltz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN:

This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughal rulers themselves, in Central Asia.

Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire

Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire
Author: Lisa Balabanlilar
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2015-12-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857720813

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.

Babur

Babur
Author: Stephen F. Dale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2018-05-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108470076

"Offers readers a compelling picture of Babur's Central Asian world, one which is little appreciated by most individuals who are either natives or students of South Asia studies"--Provided by publisher.

The Great Mughals and their India

The Great Mughals and their India
Author: Dirk Collier
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9384544981

A definitive, comprehensive and engrossing chronicle of one of the greatest dynasties of the world – the Mughal – from its founder Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last of the clan. The magnificent Mughal legacy – the world-famous Taj Mahal being the most prominent among countless other examples – is an inexhaustible source of inspiration to historians, writers, moviemakers, artists and ordinary mortals alike. Mughal history abounds with all the ingredients of classical drama: ambition and frustration, hope and despair, grandeur and decline, love and hate, and loyalty and betrayal. In other words: it is great to read and offers ample food for thought on the human condition. Much more importantly, Mughal history deserves to be widely read and reflected upon, because of its lasting cultural and socio-political relevance to today’s world in general and the Indian subcontinent in particular. The Mughals have left us with a legacy that cannot be erased. With regard to the eventful reigns of Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb and their successors, crucial questions arise: Where did they succeed? Where did they fail? And more importantly, what should we learn from their triumphs and failures? The author believes that history books should be accurate, informative and entertaining. In The Great Mughals and Their India, he has kept these objectives in mind in an attempt to narrate Mughal history from their perspective. At the same time, he does not shy away from dealing with controversial issues. Here is a fascinating and riveting saga that brings alive a spectacular bygone era – authentically and convincingly.

A Short History of the Mughal Empire

A Short History of the Mughal Empire
Author: Michael Fisher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2015-10-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0857729764

The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in 1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the hands of the British in 1858. Throughout the empire's three centuries of rise, preeminence and decline, it remained a dynamic and complex entity within and against which diverse peoples and interests conflicted. The empire's significance continues to be controversial among scholars and politicians with fresh and exciting new insights, theories and interpretations being put forward in recent years. This book engages students and general readers with a clear, lively and informed narrative of the core political events, the struggles and interactions of key individuals, groups and cultures, and of the contending historiographical arguments surrounding the Mughal Empire.

Magnificent Dynasty

Magnificent Dynasty
Author: Akul Diddi
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2018-05-31
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 164324258X

DEFINITIVE, ENGROSSING AND COMPREHENSIVE CHRONICLE ON THE WORLD’S GREATEST DYNASTIES TO HAVE EVER RULED HINDUSTAN. THE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE RISE OF THE TIMURIDS FROM BEING RULERS OF FERGHNA TO THE EMPERORS OF HINDUSTAN. THE STUDY LOOKS AT THE FACTORS THAT MADE THEM SUCCESSFUL AND BRINGS TO LIGHT THE PRECISE REASONS OF THEIR FALL FROM ZENITH.

The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719

The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719
Author: Munis D. Faruqui
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2012-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139536753

For more than 200 years, the Mughal emperors ruled supreme in northern India. How was it possible that a Muslim, ethnically Turkish, Persian-speaking dynasty established itself in the Indian subcontinent to become one of the largest and most dynamic empires on earth? In this rigorous new interpretation of the period, Munis D. Faruqui explores Mughal state formation through the pivotal role of the Mughal princes. In a challenge to previous scholarship, the book suggests that far from undermining the foundations of empire, the court intrigues and political backbiting that were features of Mughal political life - and that frequently resulted in rebellions and wars of succession - actually helped spread, deepen and mobilise Mughal power through an empire-wide network of friends and allies. This engaging book, which uses a vast archive of European and Persian sources, takes the reader from the founding of the empire under Babur to its decline in the 1700s.

The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 5, The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance

The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 5, The Islamic World in the Age of Western Dominance
Author: Francis Robinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 945
Release: 2010-11-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316175782

Volume 5 of The New Cambridge History of Islam examines the history of Muslim societies from 1800 to the present. Francis Robinson, a leading historian of Islam, has brought together a team of scholars with a broad range of expertise to explore how Muslims responded to the challenges of Western conquest and domination across the last two-hundred years. As their articles reveal, the social, economic, political and historical circumstances which influenced these responses have, in many different parts of the world, empowered Muslim societies and encouraged transformation and religious revival. The volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the local dimensions of that revival and how regional connections have been forged. Synthesising the academic research of the past thirty years, as well as offering substantial guidance for further study, this book is the starting-point for all those who wish to have a serious understanding of modern Muslim societies.

The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 4, Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century

The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 4, Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Robert Irwin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 2010-11-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1316184315

Robert Irwin's authoritative introduction to the fourth volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam offers a panoramic vision of Islamic culture from its origins to around 1800. The introductory chapter, which highlights key developments and introduces some of Islam's most famous protagonists, paves the way for an extraordinarily varied collection of essays. The themes treated include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and even cookery. What emerges from this rich collection, written by an international team of experts, is the diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this flourishing civilization. Volume four of The New Cambridge History of Islam serves as a thematic companion to the three preceding, politically oriented volumes, and in coverage extends across the pre-modern Islamic world.