Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (394 p)
ISBN:
9780520961685
Serie:
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Inhalt:
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan "Brahman" (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan's life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the "Great Mughals" whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire's power, territorial reach, and global influence. As a high-caste Hindu who worked for a series of Muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way, Chandar Bhan's experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the Mughal court, particularly during the reign of Shah Jahan, the celebrated builder of the Taj Mahal. But his widely circulated and emulated works also touch on a range of topics central to our understanding of the court's literary, mystical, administrative, and ethical cultures, while his letters and autobiographical writings provide tantalizing examples of early modern Indo-Persian modes of self-fashioning. Chandar Bhan's oeuvre is a valuable window onto a crucial, though surprisingly neglected, period of Mughal cultural and political history
Inhalt:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. A Hindu Secretary in King Shah Jahan's Court -- 1 Chandar Bhan's Intellectual World -- 2 A Mirror for Munshīs -- 3 King of Delhi, King of the World -- 4 Writing the Mughal Self -- 5 Making Indo-Persian Literature Fresh -- 6 The Persistence of Gossip -- Conclusion. Ending at Just the Beginning -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Anmerkung:
Open Access unrestricted online access star
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520286467
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9780520286467
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Brahman, Čandar Bhān 1574/75-1662
DOI:
10.1525/9780520961685
URL:
https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
