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020			_a978-81-241-2012-5 _c₹ 995.00
040			_aMahanirbar Calcutta Research Group Library _beng
041			_aeng
082	0	4	_223 _a954.02509033 _bCHA
100	1		_aChandra, Satish
245	1		_aParties and politics at the Mughal court _b1707-1740 _cSatish Chandra
260			_aNew Delhi _bHar-Anand Publications _cc2017
300			_axix, 354 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncl. bibliographies and index.
505	0		_aPreface to the sixth edition -- Preface to the fifth edition -- Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Beginning the Party Struggle at the Court -- Conciliation or Coercion? -- Zu'lfiqar Khan Struggles for Wizarat -- The Saiyid Brothers Struggle for "New" Wizarat (i) -- The Saiyid Brothers Struggle for "New" Wizarat (ii) -- The Saiyid Brothers Struggle for "New" Wizarat -- Nizam-ul-Mulk and the End of the Struggle for Wizarat -- The Maratha Advance towards North India -- Conquest of Malwa and Bundelkhand (1732-42) -- Mughal Politics and Nadir Shah -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix B: Document to illustrate the early relations of the Saiyids and the Rajputs -- Appendix C: Documents concerning the early relations of the Saiyids and the Rajputs -- Selected bibliography -- Chronology -- Index
520			_a"This important book provides a new perspective on the decline of the Mughal empire, departing from the existing appraisement of Aurangzeb, the functioning of the Mughal nobility and the crisis of the jagirdari system. It re-examines the first half of the eighteenth century, which was a period of growing anarchy and cultural stagnation. The post-Aurangzeb period has been presented as one in which struggle for liberal and orthodox policies was linked with the struggle to make the wazir a key player." "The author studies the role of the nobility in the downfall of the Mughal empire - a subject of unresolved conflict - with special reference to the position of various ethnic and religious groups in the nobility after the death of Aurangzeb, the basis of the rise and struggle of parties at the court and its impact, the rise of the Murathas, Jats and other indigenous elements, and developments in the field of administration. In a new preface to this edition, he contends that the core of the crisis of the Mughal empire is linked to the collapse of the jagirdari system with a deepening social crisis and increased factionalism in the ruling classes leading to a breakup of a central polity."--Book jacket
650		4	_aPolitics and government
651		4	_aMogul Empire _xPolitics and government.
651		4	_aIndia _zMogul Empire
651		4	_aMogul Empire _xPolitics and government
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