Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary /
Kinra, Rajeev,
Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary / Rajeev Kinra - Delhi, Primus Books ©2016 - 1 online resource (xix, 371 pages) - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court -- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective -- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance -- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm -- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters -- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world -- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline -- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography
Open Access Electronic Book
"Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or Munshi, Chandar Bhan 'Brahman' (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan's life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the 'Great Mughals' whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire's power, territorial reach, and global influence"--Provided by publisher
9780520961685 0520961684 9780520962675 0520962672 9780520962682 0520962680
22573/ctt1ffj4qj JSTOR
Authors, Indic--Mogul Empire--Biography.
Secretaries--Mogul Empire--Biography.
Persian literature--History and criticism.--India
Indo-Iranian Languages & Literatures
Languages & Literatures
Mogul Empire--History--17th century.
Electronic books
Electronic books
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Poetry.
Poetry.
Biographies.
PK6451.B73
954.02
Writing self, writing empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the cultural world of the Indo-Persian state secretary / Rajeev Kinra - Delhi, Primus Books ©2016 - 1 online resource (xix, 371 pages) - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : a Hindu secretary at King Shah Jahan's court -- Chandar Bhan's intellectual world : a revisionist perspective -- A mirror for Munsh's : secretarial arts and Mughal governance -- King of Delhi, king of the world : Chandar Bhan's perspective on Shah Jahan, the Mughal court, and the realm -- Writing the Mughal self : Chandar Bhan's life and letters -- Making Indo-Persian literature fresh : Chandar Bhan's poetic world -- The persistence of gossip : Chandar Bhan and the cultural memory of Mughal decline -- Conclusion : ending at just the beginning : towards a postcolonial Mughal historiography
Open Access Electronic Book
"Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or Munshi, Chandar Bhan 'Brahman' (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan's life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the 'Great Mughals' whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire's power, territorial reach, and global influence"--Provided by publisher
9780520961685 0520961684 9780520962675 0520962672 9780520962682 0520962680
22573/ctt1ffj4qj JSTOR
Authors, Indic--Mogul Empire--Biography.
Secretaries--Mogul Empire--Biography.
Persian literature--History and criticism.--India
Indo-Iranian Languages & Literatures
Languages & Literatures
Mogul Empire--History--17th century.
Electronic books
Electronic books
Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Poetry.
Poetry.
Biographies.
PK6451.B73
954.02