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Shahjahanabad: The Sovereign City in Mughal India, 1639-1739 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Volume 49)
Shahjahanabad The Sovereign City in Mughal India 16391739 - Cambridge South Asian Studies, Volume 49
Author: Stephen P. Blake
From 1400 to 1750, Asian capital cities were often ruled in such a way that they became symbols of the power and influence their emperors extended over their states at large. These 'sovereign cities' became the empire in miniature. Shahjahanabad is the first study of a pre-modern Indian city (Old Delhi) as a sovereign city. Stephen Blake explore...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521390453
ISBN-10: 0521390451
Publication Date: 5/9/1991
Pages: 226
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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