Description: Further DetailsTitle: Writing Self, Writing EmpireCondition: NewSubtitle: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State SecretaryISBN-10: 0520286464EAN: 9780520286467ISBN: 9780520286467Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 09/17/2015Description: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. 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. As a high-caste Hindu who worked for a series of Muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way, Chandar Bhan's experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the Mughal court, particularly during the reign of Shah Jahan, the celebrated builder of the Taj Mahal.But his widely circulated and emulated works also touch on a range of topics central to our understanding of the court's literary, mystical, administrative, and ethical cultures, while his letters and autobiographical writings provide tantalizing examples of early modern Indo-Persian modes of self-fashioning. Chandar Bhan's oeuvre is a valuable window onto a crucial, though surprisingly neglected, period of Mughal cultural and political history.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 23mmItem Weight: 590gAuthor: Rajeev KinraGenre: HistoryBook Series: South Asia Across the DisciplinesTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Writing Self, Writing Empire
Title: Writing Self, Writing Empire
Subtitle: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian S
ISBN-10: 0520286464
EAN: 9780520286467
ISBN: 9780520286467
Release Date: 09/17/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines
Book Title: Writing Self, Writing Empire : Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo-Persian State Secretary
Number of Pages: 394 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Topic: Secretarial Aids & Training, Asian / Indic, Asian / General, Middle Eastern, Literary, Asia / India & South Asia
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Rajeev Kinra
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
