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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatterjee, Nandini, 1976- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108623391
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?