The Shah Jahan Nama Of Inayat Khan

Author : ʻInāyat Khān
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Shah Jahan Nama of 'Inayat Khan written by ʻInāyat Khān and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1990 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first complete English translation of a seventeenth-century Persian history of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal. Between 1628 and 1658 Shah Jahan ruled an extensive empire that stretched from Afghanistan in the west to Assam in the east. His reign has been relatively neglected in the historiography of medieval India, partly because of the inaccessibility of Persian source material and the scarcity of English translations. Richly illustrated with color plates of seventeenth-century Mughal paintings from the famous Windsor Castle manuscript of the Padshah Nama, this monumental volume will be an indipensable source for all future work on Mughal India.

Author : Scott Gates
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147257219X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and State-Building in Afghanistan written by Scott Gates and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mughals, British and Soviets all failed to subjugate Afghanistan, failures which offer valuable lessons for today. Taking a long historical perspective from 1520 to 2012, this volume examines the Mughal, British, Soviet and NATO efforts in Afghanistan, drawing on new archives and a synthesis of previous counter-insurgency experiences. Special emphasis is given to ecology, terrain and logistics to explain sub-conventional operations and state-building in Afghanistan. War and State-Building in Modern Afghanistan provides an overall synthesis of British, Russian, American and NATO military activities in Afghanistan, which directly links past experiences to the current challenges. These timely essays are particularly relevant to contemporary debates about NATO's role in Afghanistan; do the war and state-building policies currently employed by NATO forces undercut or enhance a political solution? The essays in this volume introduce new historical perspectives on this debate, and will prove illuminating reading for students and scholars interested in military history, the history of warfare, international relations and comparative politics.

Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1780938136
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750 written by Kaushik Roy and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substantial amount of work has been carried out to explore the military systems of Western Europe during the early modern era, but the military trajectories of the Asian states have received relatively little attention. This study provides the first comparative study of the major Asian empires' military systems and explores the extent of the impact of West European military transition on the extra-European world. Kaushik Roy conducts a comparative analysis of the armies and navies of the large agrarian bureaucratic empires of Asia, focusing on the question of how far the Asian polities were able to integrate gunpowder weapons in their military systems. Military Transition in Early Modern Asia, 1400-1750 offers important insights into the common patterns in war making across the region, and the impact of firearms and artillery.

Author : Nasir Raza Khan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000898695
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islam in India written by Nasir Raza Khan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam in India: History, Politics and Society is based on the historical and contemporary relevance of the religion and its related culture(s) in India. Besides being a major religious doctrine, Islam has been the main political ideology for many dynasties in India such as Delhi Sultanate (1206-1451); the Illbaris Turks (also known as Mamluk 1206–90); Khiljis (1290–1320); Tughlaqs (1320–1414); Sayyids (1414–51), Afghans and the Mughal Empire. Islam played a pivotal role in shaping the polity and society during the period of each dynasty. This book argues that Islam in India ought to be seen not only as a political and religious ideology of the dynasties, but also as a significant force that shaped the cultural fabric of the country. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385223997
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shah Jahan written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Michael D. Calabria
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0755637879
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Taj Mahal written by Michael D. Calabria and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Taj Mahal, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666 CE) as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631 CE), is considered exceptional in the history of world architecture.This book provides a deeper understanding of the Taj Mahal and its builder by examining its inscriptions within their architectural, historical and biographical contexts. The texts adorning the Taj Mahal comprise verses from twenty-two different chapters of the Qur'an but their meaning and significance escapes most non-Muslim visitors or those unable to read them. This book will be the first dedicated solely to the inscriptions in the monument, providing translations, commentary and interpretation of the texts. As well as offering a unique approach to the study of the building, the book uses the inscriptions to expound the foundational elements of Islam, the faith of Shah Jahan and also what the Taj Mahal still means today.

Author : Supriya Gandhi
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674987292
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Emperor Who Never Was written by Supriya Gandhi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dara Shukoh was the heir-apparent to the Mughal throne in 1659, when he was executed by his brother Aurangzeb. Today Dara is lionized in South Asia, while Aurangzeb, who presided over the beginnings of imperial disintegration, is scorned. Supriya Gandhi’s nuanced biography asks whether the story really would have been different with Dara in power.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385224004
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shah Jahan written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Muni Lal
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House Private
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shah Jahan written by Muni Lal and published by Vikas Publishing House Private. This book was released on 1986 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ellison Banks Findly
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195360605
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nur Jahan written by Ellison Banks Findly and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history. Born on a caravan traveling from Teheran to India, she became the last (eighteenth) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and effectively took control of the government as he bowed to the effects of alcohol and opium. Her reign (1611-1627) marked the highpoint of the Mughal empire, in the course of which she made great contributions to the arts, religion, and the nascent trade with Europe. An intriguing, elegantly written account of Nur Jahan's life and times, this book not only revises the legends that portray her as a power-hungry and malicious woman, but also investigates the paths to power available to women in Islam and Hinduism providing a fascinating picture of life inside the mahal (harem).