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The courts of the Deccan sultanates : living well in the Persian cosmopolis
- Title
- The courts of the Deccan sultanates : living well in the Persian cosmopolis / Emma J. Flatt.
- Author
- Flatt, Emma J.
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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- Description
- xix, 318 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Courts of the Deccan Sultanates In the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, courtliness was crucial to the political and cultural life of the Deccan. Divided between six states competing for territory, resources, and skills, the medieval and early modern Deccan was a region of striking ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity. People used multi-faceted trans-regional networks--mercantile, kinship, friendship and intellectual--to move across the Persian-speaking world and to find employment at the Deccan courts"--
- Subjects
- Iran
- Social networks
- Ethics
- Sultans
- Cosmopolitanism
- India
- Manners and customs
- Deccan (India) > Relations > Iran
- Courts and courtiers
- International relations
- 1000-1765
- Iran > Relations > India > Deccan
- India > Deccan
- Social networks > India > Deccan > History
- Deccan (India) > Court and courtiers > History
- Deccan (India) > Social life and customs
- Ethics > India > Deccan > History
- Sultans > India > Deccan > History
- Cosmopolitanism > India > Deccan > History
- India > Civilization > Iranian influences
- History
- Civilization > Iranian influences
- India > History > 1000-1765
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Cosmopolitanism, courtliness and ethics in the Deccani sultanates -- Courtly disposition -- Networks, patrons and friends -- Courts, merchants and commodities -- Scribal skills -- Esoteric skills -- Martial skills.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-1111
- ISBN
- 9781108481939
- 1108481930
- LCCN
- 2019008715
- OCLC
- 1088186234
- Author
- Flatt, Emma J., author.
- Title
- The courts of the Deccan sultanates : living well in the Persian cosmopolis / Emma J. Flatt.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1000-1765
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-1111