Negotiating Mughal Law
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Negotiating Mughal Law

A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires

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Negotiating Mughal Law

A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires

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Based on a completely reconstructed archive of Persian, Hindi and Marathi documents, Nandini Chatterjee provides a unique micro-history of a family of landlords in Malwa, central India, who flourished in the region from at least the sixteenth until the twentieth century. By exploring their daily interactions with imperial elites as well as villagers and marauders, Chatterjee offers a new history from below of the Mughal Empire, far from the glittering courts of the emperors and nobles, but still dramatic and filled with colourful personalities. From this perspective, we see war, violence, betrayal, enterprise, romance and disappointment, but we also see a quest for law, justice, rights and righteousness. A rare story of Islamic law in a predominantly non-Muslim society, this is also an exploration of the peripheral regions of the Maratha empire and a neglected princely state under British colonial rule. This title is also available as Open Access.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781108645690
Topic
History
Subtopic
Indian & South Asian History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. List of Maps
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Note on Transliteration and Dates
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. Introduction: Law in Many Forms
  12. 1 Malwa: Land of Many Empires
  13. 2 Zamīndārs: Lords of the Marches
  14. 3 Contractors: Engaging the State
  15. 4 Transactions: Recording Deals
  16. 5 Disputes: Judges and Courts
  17. 6 Invaders: Marathas and the British
  18. 7 Identity: Professionals or Warlords?
  19. Fragments to Archives: a Methodological Manifesto
  20. Appendix: A Catalogue of the P Das Archive
  21. Glossary
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index