{"product_id":"9781784531287","title":"Imperial Identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic Politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eImperial Identity in the Mughal Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lisa Balabanlilar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving monopolized Central Asian politics and culture for over a century, the Timurid ruling elite was forced from its ancestral homeland in Transoxiana at the turn of the sixteenth century by an invading Uzbek tribal confederation. The Timurids travelled south: establishing themselves as the new rulers of a region roughly comprising modern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India, and founding what would become the Mughal Empire (1526-1857). The last survivors of the House of Timur, the Mughals drew invaluable political capital from their lineage, which was recognized for its charismatic genealogy and court culture - the features of which are examined here. By identifying Mughal loyalty to Turco-Mongol institutions and traditions, Lisa Balabanlilar here positions the Mughal dynasty at the centre of the early modern Islamic world as the direct successors of a powerful political and religious tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781784531287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"I.B. Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40686614675662,"sku":"9781784531287","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_398a43d2-f849-4699-96e9-79290e7118db.jpg?v=1640234532","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781784531287","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}