Negotiating Mughal law a family of landlords across three Indian empires
Based on a completely reconstructed archive of Persian, Hindi and Marathi documents, Nandini Chatterjee provides a unique micro-history of a family of landlords in Malwa, central India, who flourished in the region from at least the sixteenth until the twentieth century. By exploring their daily int...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2020
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Malwa : Land of many empires
- Zamindars : Lords of the marches
- Contractors : Engaging the state
- Transactions : Recording deals
- Disputes : Judges and courts
- Invaders : Marathas and the British
- Identity : Professionals or Warlords?