Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire: Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781784531287)

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.

Author: Lisa Balabanlilar
ISBN-10: 1784531286
ISBN-13: 9781784531287
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2016
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d