Mirrors of Empire : Courtiers, Diplomats, and Intellectuals in Mughal India

State University of New York Press

Mirrors of EmpireCourtiers, Diplomats, and Intellectuals in Mughal India\nAuthor(s): Muzaffar Alam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9798855805604, 979-8855805604\nSynopsis\nApproaches the history of the Mughal Empire at the level of human experience, through a diverse group of autobiographical narratives.\n\nStarting from 1526, the Mughals ruled over much of India for three centuries, perhaps the most important Islamic empire in the early modern world. This period saw the production of a fascinating variety of memoirs and autobiographies in which residents of the empire reflected on their own lives, on Islam in a Hindu context, and on the relationship of individual subjects to their new rulers. Those written by Mughal royaltyespecially Babur and Jahangirare well known. This book considers the less well-known writings of diverse others, from the poet laureate Faiz.