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Negotiating Mughal Law

Nandini Chatterjee

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Binding: Paper Back

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Language: English

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Based 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.

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Author	Nandini Chatterjee
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Language	English
Binding Type	Paper Back
Main Category	Commerce & Business
Sub Category	Law & Taxation
ISBN13	9781108736961
SKU	BK 0173575