Writing self, writing empire
Rajeev Kinra
Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary /Rajeev Kinra - Oakland, California : University of California Press , 2015 - xix, 371 pages ;26 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines. .
Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court --
Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective --
A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance --
King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm --
Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters --
Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world --
The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline --
Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.
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
9780520286467 9789352903047
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History
India--Mogul Empire--Brāhman, Candar Bhān, -- 1614-1663 -- Criticism and interpretation.
962.4043 KIN
Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary /Rajeev Kinra - Oakland, California : University of California Press , 2015 - xix, 371 pages ;26 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines. .
Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court --
Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective --
A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance --
King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm --
Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters --
Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world --
The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline --
Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography.
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
9780520286467 9789352903047
International Book Distributors ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002 Variety Books Publishers & Distributors :B-10 Street No 2 West Vinod Nagar Delhi 110092
History
India--Mogul Empire--Brāhman, Candar Bhān, -- 1614-1663 -- Criticism and interpretation.
962.4043 KIN
