This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughal rulers themselves, in Central Asia.

This book explores the Central Asian element in the formation of the civilization of Mughal India, focusing on the 16th and 17th centuries. The culture of the Mughal Empire is seen to be a composite of indigenous and foreign elements, many of which originated, like the Mughal rulers themselves, in Central Asia.

This book presents an exploratory study of the Mughal state and its negotiation with local power relations. By studying the state from the perspective of the localities and not from that of the Mughal Court, it shifts the focus from the imperial grid to the local arenas, and more significantly, from 'form' to 'process'. As a result, the book offers a new interpretation of the s...(展开全部)

斯迪芬·麦勒迪斯·爱德华兹（1873一1927年），曾任职于印度内务部。赫伯特·利奥纳德·奥富雷·加勒特（1881～1941年），曾任职f印度教育部，并出任政府学院副校长。他们二人学识渊博，著作等身，涉猎广泛，尤以擅长印度历史著称。除了本书外，他们二人还有许多重要著作。斯迪芬·麦勒迪斯·爱德华兹的主要著作有：《牛津印度史》、《早期印度史》、《马拉塔人史》、《巴布尔：文人与暴君》等。赫伯特·利奥纳德·奥富雷·加勒特的主要著作有：《印度历史学生用书》、《锡克史》、《兰吉特·辛格宫廷大事录》、《一百年的的旁遮普》和《北印度的欧洲探险家》等。

When Thomas Roe arrived in India in 1616 as James I's first ambassador to the Mughal Empire, the English barely had a toehold in the subcontinent. Their understanding of South Asian trade and India was sketchy at best, and, to the Mughals, they were minor players on a very large stage. Roe was representing a kingdom that was beset by financial woes and deeply conflicted about i...(展开全部)

The Central Asian slave trade swept hundreds of thousands of Iranians, Russians, and others into slavery during the eighteenth–nineteenth centuries. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, autobiographies, and newly-uncovered interviews with slaves, this book offers an unprecedented window into slaves' lives and a penetrating examination of human trafficking. Slavery strained Central A...(展开全部)

The Central Asian slave trade swept hundreds of thousands of Iranians, Russians, and others into slavery during the eighteenth–nineteenth centuries. Drawing on eyewitness accounts, autobiographies, and newly-uncovered interviews with slaves, this book offers an unprecedented window into slaves' lives and a penetrating examination of human trafficking. Slavery strained Central A...(展开全部)