A Short History of the Mughal Empire

by Michael Fisher

Overview

The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in 1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the hands of the British in 1858. Throughout the empire's three centuries of rise, preeminence and decline, it remained a dynamic and complex entity within and against which diverse peoples and interests conflicted. The empire's significance continues to be controversial among scholars and politicians with fresh and exciting new insights, theories and interpretations being put forward in recent years. This book engages students and general readers with a clear, lively and informed narrative of the core political events, the struggles and interactions of key individuals, groups and cultures, and of the contending historiographical arguments surrounding the Mughal Empire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350127531
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/30/2019
Series:	Short Histories
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.45(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Michael Fisher holds the Robert S. Danforth Chair in History at Oberlin College and in 2007 was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award for Social Sciences by Oberlin.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. From Central Asia into the Alien Land of India
2. Establishment of the Mughal Indian Empire
3. Efflorescence of the Imperial Court
4. Building up the Empire
5. Expanding the Frontiers and Facing Challenges
6. Hollowing Out the Imperial System
7. Vestiges of Imperium
8. Contested Meanings of the Mughal Empire

Conclusion
Bibliography