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100 1 $aBlake, Stephen P.
245 10 $aShahjahanabad :$bthe sovereign city in Mughal India, 1639-1739 /$cStephen P. Blake.
250 $a1st Indian ed.
260 $aCambridge [England] :$bCambridge University Press ;$aNew Delhi :$bFoundation Books,$c1993.
300 $axvi, 226 pages :$bmaps ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aCambridge South Asian studies
500 $a"Special edition for sale in South Asia only. Not for export elsewhere"--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.
520 $aPublisher description: 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 explores the way in which the emperors' and nobles' palaces and mansions dominated the landscape; how cultural life revolved around that of the emperors and their families; and how the households of the great men also dominated the urban economy and controlled a large percentage of state revenue. This study thus illuminates how Asian capitals were not the great amorphous agglomerations described by Marx and Weber. Instead they were urban communities with their own distinctive style and character, dependent on a particular kind of state organization.
505 0 $aCity and empire -- Cityscape -- Society -- Economy -- Courtly and popular culture -- Aftermath of imperium, 1739-1857 -- Comparison and conclusion.
651 0 $aDelhi (India)$xHistory.
651 0 $aMogul Empire$xHistory.
650 0 $aUrbanization$zIndia$xHistory.
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651 7 $aIndia.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210276
651 7 $aIndia$zDelhi.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01205766
651 7 $aIndia$zMogul Empire.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01240293
653 $aDelhi (India)$aHistory, 647-1785
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
830 0 $aCambridge South Asian studies.
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