Mughal empire from Jahangir to Shah Jahan : art, architecture, politics, law and literature
Series: Vol.70 Nos. 2 and 3 December 2018-March 2019Publication details: Mumbai Marg Foundation 2019Description: 320pISBN:- 9789383243266
- 954.025 KOC
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Contents
Introduction 9
Koch, Ebba pp. 11–17
Part One : From Jahangir to Shah Jahan
From Jahangir to Shah Jahan: (Dis)continuities
Lefèvre, Corinne pp. 20–39
Contextualizing the Majālis-iJahāngīrī: Mughal Strategies of Legitimation and Integration?
Kollatz, Anna pp. 40–53
No Man Can Serve Two Masters: Conflicting Loyalties in Bengal during Shah Jahan’s Rebellion of 1624
Anooshahr, Ali pp. 54–63
Erasure and Exaltation: The Coup of 1626 and the Crisis of Mughal Imperial Authority
Faruqui, Munis D. pp. 64–81
Patronage as Power, Power in Appropriation: Constructing Jahangir’s Mausoleum
Chida-Razvi, Mehreen pp. 82–105
Part Two : at the court of Shah Jahan
The Politics of Ceremonial in Shah Jahan’s Court
Joshi, Harit pp. 108–131
Presents Given to and by Jahangir and Shah Jahan: A Comparison
Popp, Stephan pp. 132–143
How to Obtain a Farmān from Shah Jahan: The Experience of Joan Tack at Delhi, 1648
Siebertz, Roman pp. 144–165
Part Three : Poetry and Court Rhetoric
The Death of the Last Mughal Poet Laureate: Court Poetry under Shah Jahan
Sharma, Sunil pp. 168–183
Dībācha-nigarī at the Court of Shah Jahan: Politics and Literary Culture
Shekhar, Chander pp. 184–193
Part Four : Architecture, Legal practice, Ornament and painting
Palaces, Gardens and Property Rights under Shah Jahan: Architecture as a Window into Mughal Legal Custom and Practice
Koch, Ebba pp. 196–219
The Tomb of Madani at Srinagar, Kashmir: A Case Study of Tile Revetments in the Reign of Shah Jahan Stronge, Susan 220
Dating the Dara Shukuh Album: The Floral Evidence Losty, J.P 246
Part Five : Epilogue
Modelling Kingship: Shah Jahan in the Afghan Imagination McChesney, R.D pp. 290
Select Glossary 314
Index 316
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