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020			_a9781108736961
028			_a: Brijwasi Book Distributors _b: H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi _c: BW/000535 _d: 30/04/2026
082			_a349.54 CHA
100			_aChatterjee, Nandini.
245			_aNegotiating Mughal Law _b: A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires. _c/Nandini Chatterjee.
260			_a, New Delhi _b: Cambridge University Press _c , 2022.
300			_axii,298p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b2221
520			_aBased on a completely reconstructed archive of Persian, Hindi and Marathi documents, Nandini Chatterjee provides a unique micro-history of a family of landlords in Malwa, central India, who flourished in the region from at least the sixteenth until the twentieth century. By exploring their daily interactions with imperial elites as well as villagers and marauders, Chatterjee offers a new history from below of the Mughal Empire, far from the glittering courts of the emperors and nobles, but still dramatic and filled with colourful personalities. From this perspective, we see war, violence, betrayal, enterprise, romance and disappointment, but we also see a quest for law, justice, rights and righteousness. A rare story of Islamic law in a predominantly non-Muslim society, this is also an exploration of the peripheral regions of the Maratha empire and a neglected princely state under British colonial rule. This title is also available as Open Access.
650			_aMughal Law
650			_aFamily of Landlords
650			_aThree Indian Empires
700			_aNandini Chatterjee
942			_cBOOK
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