Consolidating empire: power and elites in Jahangir's India, 1605-1627

Lefevre, Corinne

This book begins by questioning the historiography that categories the monarch as a political lightweight. By contrast, Lefevre shows us an intellectually complex, astute, and multi-faceted Jahangir who managed a tightrope act between self-indulgence and the serious business of kingship. More important than looking at the king, she says, is examining the nature of the empire under his reign. To...

Publisher: Permanent Black

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