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Reviews: Lisa Balabanlilar makes an important contribution to the study of South Asia, Central Asia, and world history by clearly demonstrating that the Mughal dynasty viewed itself as not a new dynasty, but a continuation of the Timurid Empire.’ – T.M. May, Choice
Description: 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.
Contents: Genealogy of the Timurid-Mughal Dynasty of India • A Note on Transliteration • Maps
Introduaction • Prologue: Timurid Political Charisma and the Ideology of Rule
Chapter 1: Babur and the Timurid Exile
Chapter 2: Dynastic Memory and the Genealogical Cult
Chapter 3: The Peripatetic Court and the Timurid-Mughal Landscape
Chapter 4: Legitimacy, Restless Princes and the Imperial Succession
Chapter 5: Conclusion: Imagining Kingship
Notes • Bibliography • IndexISBN - 9788130922676
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Pages : 216
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