TY - BOOK AU - Alam, Muzaffar, AU - Alam, Muzaffar, TI - The crisis of empire in Mughal north India : : Awadh and the Punjab, 1707-48 T2 - Oxford India perennials SN - 9780198077411 U1 - 954.029 ALA PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi PB - : Oxford University Press, KW - History KW - History of Asia KW - India & neighboring south Asian countries KW - Mogul Empire -- Politics and government -- 18th century KW - Oudh (India) -- Politics and government -- 18th century KW - Punjab (India) -- Politics and government -- 18th century KW - Politics and government KW - India -- Mogul Empire KW - India -- Punjab KW - Pandschab N1 - Breakdown of imperial organization -- The changing position of the governor -- The Zamindars, the Madad-i MaŹ»ash holders and Mughal administration in Awadh, c. 1707-1722 -- Mughal power, the Sikhs and other local groups in the Punjab -- The Punjab after 1715, the Zamindars, and the problems facing the provincial government -- Growth of Nawabi rule in Awadh and its relations with local social groups -- The imperial court, the new Subadars and the region N2 - In the backdrop of the decline of the Mughal empire, this book studies two contrasting regions in north India-Awadh and Punjab. It offers a bold new interpretation of the period by focussing on the agrarian uprisings, the jagirdari system, and the emergence of a new regionally-based political order. This edition includes a new introduction ER -