ISBN |
9789383243266 (hbk.) |
Title |
The Mughal Empire from Jahangir to Shah Jahan : art, architecture, politics, law and literature / edited by Ebba Koch in collaboration with Ali Anooshahr |
Publisher |
Mumbai : Marg, 2019 |
Physical desc. |
320 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 32 cm. |
Series |
Marg publications (Mumbai, India) 70 |
Note |
'Vol. 72, nos. 2 and 3, December 2018-March 2019' -- t.p. verso. |
CBL illustrations: page 72 and back cover (In 07A.19). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part 1: From Jahangir to Shah Jahan. From Jahangir to Shah Jahan: (dis)continuities / Corinne Lefevre -- Contextualizing the Majalis-i Jahangiri: Mughal strategies of legitimation and integration? / Anna Kollatz -- No man can serve two masters: conflicting loyalties in Bengal during Shah Jahan's rebellion of 1624 / Ali Anooshahr -- Erasure and exaltation: the coup of 1626 and the crisis of Mughal imperial authority / Munis D. Faruqui -- Patronage as power, power in appropriation: constructing Jahangir's mausoleum / Mehreen Chida-Razvi -- Part 2: At the court of Shah Jahan. The politics of ceremonial in Shah Jahan's court / Harit Joshi -- Presents given to and by Jahangir and Shah Jahan: a comparison / Stephan Popp -- How to obtain a farman from Shah Jahan: the experience of Joan Tack at Delhi, 1648 / Roman Siebertz -- Part 3: Poetry and court rhetoric. The death of the last Mughal poet laureate: court poetry under Shah Jahan / Sunil Sharma -- Dibacha-nigari at the court of Shah Jahan: politics and literary culture / Chander Shekhar -- Part 4: Architecture, legal practice, ornament and painting. Palaces, gardens and property rights under Shah Jahan: architecture as a window into Mughal legal custom and practice / Ebba Koch -- The tomb of Madani at Srinagar, Kashmir: a case study of tile revetments in the reign of Shah Jahan / Susan Stronge -- Dating the Dara Shukuh album: the floral evidence / J.P. Losty -- Part 5: Epilogue. Modelling kingship: Shah Jahan in the Afghan imagination / R.D. McChesney. |
Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07A |
Art, Mogul Empire |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Mogul |
Architecture, Mogul Empire |
Mogul Empire -- History |
Mogul Empire -- Civilization |
Added name(s) |
Koch, Ebba editor |
Anooshahr, Ali 1975- |
Added name(s) - Corporate |
Marg Foundation (Mumbai, India) |