The Mughal Empire, Part 1, Volume 5

John F. Richards

Cambridge University Press, 1995 - History - 320 pages

The Mughal empire was one of the largest centralized states in the premodern world and this volume traces the history of this magnificent empire from its creation in 1526 to its breakup in 1720. Richards stresses the dynamic quality of Mughal territorial expansion, their institutional innovations in land revenue, coinage and military organization, ideological change and the relationship between the emperors and Islam. He also analyzes institutions particular to the Mughal empire, such as the jagir system, and explores Mughal India's links with the early modern world.

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Contents

• Conquest and stability: 6
• The new empire: 29
• Autocratic centralism: 58
• Land revenue and rural society: 79
• Jahangir 16051627: 94
• Shah Jahan 16281658: 119
• The War of Succession: 151
• Imperial expansion under Aurangzeb 16581689: 165
• The economy societal change and international trade: 185
• Maratha insurgency and Mughal conquest in the Deccan: 205
• The Deccan Wars: 225
• Imperial decline and collapse 17071720: 253
• Conclusion: 282
• Glossary: 298
• Bibliographic essay: 304
• Index: 311

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Mughal Empire, Part 1, Volume 5; ACLS Humanities E-Book; History e-book project; Volume 5 of Mughals and their contemporaries; Volume 5 of New Cambridge history of India: The Mughals and their contemporaries; The Mughal Empire, John F. Richards; The New Cambridge History of India
• Author: John F. Richards
• Editor: Gordon Johnson
• Contributors: John F. Richards, American Council of Learned Societies, Gordon Johnson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0521566037, 9780521566032
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / General; History / Asia / India & South Asia; History / Modern / General