The Builders of the Mogul Empire

"First published in 1963. The Moguls, the descendants of the Mongols, two and a half centuries later than Jenghiz Khan, created an empire that stretched from Persia to Burma and from the Himalayas to the centre of the Indian subcontinent. It was a creation almost more astonishing than Jenghiz Khan's own: an empire that was civilized and prosperous, and which left behind an artistic legacy that has been a wonder till this day. Michael Prawdin tells the story which begins with Babur, passes through the reign of Humayun, and finds its climax at the death of Akbar. By this time the empire was no longer a patchwork of incidental conquests dominated by the arms of foreign invaders, but a coherent landmass that had been welded into a co-ordinated state, ruled by one system of administration. The diverse lands had become so many different provinces, held together by a highly organized bureaucracy in which Mohammedans and Hindus were equally eligible to the highest posts, honours and privileges. Moreover, a new cultural synthesis of the Hindu and Moslem cultures had taken shape, and throughout the empire all peoples showed the same demand for knowledge, art, poetry and for refinements of all kinds."--Provided by publisher Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PART ONE: BABUR -- 1 Samarkand Gained and Lost -- 2 The Fugitive -- 3 TheKingdom of Kabul -- 4 From Samarkand to Delhi -- 5 In the Foreign Land -- 6 Safeguarding the Empire -- PART TWO: HUMAYUN -- 1 The First Years -- 2 Loss of the Empire -- 3 The Reconquest of Kabul -- 4 Return to India -- PART THREE: AKBAR -- 1 Under Tutelage -- 2 Conquering and Organizing -- 3 The Reformer -- 4 The Divine Faith -- 5 In the North -- 6 The End of the Reign -- CHRONOLOGY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX "The 16 volumes in this set, originally published between 1919 and 1998, draw together research by leading academics in the area of World Empires and provides an examination of related key issues. The volumes examine French Colonialism, the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, as well as the affect European colonialism had in Africa and Asia. This set will be of particular interest to students of world history."--Provided by publisher The 16 volumes in this set, originally published between 1919 and 1998, draw together research by leading academics in the area of World Empires and provide an examination of related key issues. The books examine French Colonialism, the German Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, as well as the effect European colonialism had in Africa and Asia. This set will be of particular interest to students of world history. "The articles collected in this study, first published in 1993, concentrates on the transformation and continuities in African societies during the height of the colonial era, and explores the struggles by Africans to find space socially, politically, or economically within the confines of colonial rule. This title will be of interest to students of African history and Imperialism."--Provided by publisher This bio-bibliography, first published in 1985, of the colonial "ministries" of Cardinal Richelieu, Nicholas Fouquet and Jean-Baptiste Colbert examines the primary and secondary sources available for a re-evaluation of the formative era of the French overseas empire. This volume will be of great interest to students of history and imperialism. In this authoritative study, first published in 1981, Geoffrey Scammell traces the course of European expansion between around 800 and 1650, during which time the world known to western Europeans was enlarged in a way unparalleled before or since. First published in 1984. This is the first serious study of revisionism as a movement and one of the only studies of right-wing German socialist foreign policy views in the Wilhelmine era. First published in 1963. Michael Prawdin tells the story of the Moguls which begins with Babur, passes through the reign of Humayun, and finds its climax at the death of Akbar.