Begums of Oudh: history in the making

Ahmad, Muhammad Taqi

ISBN: 9788182904033, 818290403X

The history of Oudh is incomplete without the reference of its Begams. The Begams have left an abiding mark on Indian history. The most prominent names are- Nwab Begam Sadr-un-Nisa, Bhahu Begum, Padisha Begam and Hazrat Mahal.

Private life of the Mughals of India (1526-1803 A.D.)

Nath, Ram (1933- )

ISBN: 9788129104656, 8129104652

This book covers various aspects of their lifestyles, such as their food and drinks; clothes and ornaments; perfumes and incense; marriage and harem life etc. Colours illustration and photographs will be a delight to the lay reaer as well as the serious scholar.

Private lives of the Mughals of India

Nath, R

Private memoirs of Moghul Emperor Humayun: Tezkereh Al Vakiat, comp. and ed. by Life Span Research Foundation

ISBN: 9788183690126, 8183690122

Written in Pensian by Jouher, a confidential domestic and translated by Major Charles Steward, this book is a immensely valuable original source for understanding and analysing the problems of the life and times of Emperor Humayun in proper historical perspective.

Profile of a forgotten capital: Murshidabad in the eighteenth century

Chaudhury, Sushil

ISBN: 9789350981948, 9350981947

The author narrates an authentic history of Murshidabad with the help of evidence, both qualitative and quantitative, collected from various archives and libraries in Europe and India for more than four decades. Murshidabad was the capital of Bengal in the eighteenth century.

Revisiting Hindavi Sufi romances: late fourteenth to early sixteenth centuries

Trivedi, Madhu

ISBN: 9789358520590, 9358520590

This book is an in-depth exploration of the various facets of north Indian society and culture displayed in four Hindavi Sufi premakhyan or romances--Chandayan, Mirgavati, Padmavat, and Madhumalati--written during the late fourteenth to mid-sixteenth centuries.

Punjab: a history from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten

Gandhi, Rajmohan

ISBN: 9789382277583, 9382277587

Rag Darshan, by Khushhal Khan bin Karim Khan, and Risala-i-Mosiqi-e Mast Mohammadshahi, ed. and annotated by Chander Shekher, (Pesian) with intro. in English

ISBN: 9789380829272, 9380829272

The work is an amalgamation of three treatises-two different versions of Rag Darshan written for the renowned dancer-musician Chanda Bibi Mah Laqa Bai of Asaf Jahi Court of Deccan.

The Rajah-Moonje pact: documents on a forgotten chapter of Indian history

Swarup, Devendra et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788184540789, 8184540787

Rajputs: legacy sacrifice and martyrdom

Bakshi, SR et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788176292221, 8176292222

The theme in this book covered in twenty chapters and an appendix has deep bearing on Rajputs chivalry and their conquests. It deals with Mewar and the legacy, Rana Sanga, Maharana Pratap and his career, India in 1572, the Battle of Haldi Ghati, the attack on Kumbhalgarh, the historic Padmini legend, the Rajput and his vendetta and Rajputs.

Rani Padmini of Chittore: a historical romance

Webb, Armald

ISBN: 9788175102415, 8175102411

Readings in society and religion of medieval South India

Chenna Reddy, P (ed.)

ISBN: 9788189131043, 8189131044

This volume constitute the proceedings of academic deliberations and presented papers of the National Seminar on 'Readings in Society and Religion of Medieval South India'. They discuss various dimensions of religion, society and culture and are arranged chronologically and geographically.

Rebel sultans: the Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji

Pillai, Manu S.

ISBN: 9789386228734, 9386228734

In this book, the author narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the dawn of the eighteenth. Packed with riveting tales and compelling characters, this book takes us from the age of Alauddin Khilji to the ascent of Shivaji.

Relations of Golkonda with Iran, diplomacy, ideas, and commerce 1518-1687, foreword by Muzaffar Alam, with an introd. by the editor Subah Dayal

Shakeb, M.Z.A.

ISBN: 9789384082918, 9384082910

This volume explores the diplomatic connections and intellectual linkages of the Golkonda sultanate with Safavid Iran and Mughal Hindustan. Complementing studies of early modern empires, it examines a breadth of Persian manuscripts, epistolary correspondence, archival documents, and European travel accounts from the Deccan.

The Mughals and the North-East: encounter and assimilation in medieval India,

ISBN: 9789391928025, 9391928021

There is a perception that the region of north east India maintained its 'splendid isolation' and remained outside the reach of the Mughals and did not have a pre-colonial past.

Religion and politics in Central Asia under the Saljuqs

Ahmad, Naseem

ISBN: 9788190091114, 8190091115

This book throws light on some broader aspects of the religious ethos of Salijuq period especially the Sunnism, Shi'ism, Sufism and Isma'ilism. It also discusses the political system and political theories besides a detailed analysis of the political institutions of the period.

Religious movements and institutions in medieval India, ed. by J.S. Grewal

ISBN: 9780195677034, 019567703X

...Civilization, Vol.VII, Part 2/ Gen. ed.: D.P. Chattopadhyaya.;;;This volume deals with a variety of themes related to religion in medieval India, with a wide range of factual information, significant detail, and new ideas. Thematically, it is organized into five parts. The first part related to continuity and change within the Shaiva, Shakta and Vaishnava systems. The next part deals with Kr...

The position of Hindus under the Delhi sultanate 1206-1526

Srivastava, Kanhaiya Lal

ISBN: 9788121502245, 8121502241

Research in medieval Indian history

Narayan, Awadh

ISBN: 9788189981723, 8189981722

Rethinking a millennium: perspectives on Indian history from the eighth to the eighteenth century, essays for Harbans Mukhia, ed. by Rajat Datta

ISBN: 9788189833367, 8189833367