Forging a Region: Sultans, Trader, and Pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500 - Couverture rigide

Sheikh, Samira

 
9780198060192: Forging a Region: Sultans, Trader, and Pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019806019X ISBN 13 : 9780198060192
Editeur : OUP India, 2009

Synopsis

This volume explores the emergence of Gujarat over three centuries in terms of its political, economic and religious landscape. It also analyses the linguistic and cultural foundations of the formation of the region and its history. It examines how the political scenario was differentiated by a variety of religious and sectarian groups competing for resources and legitimization. The book maps immigration and settlement, struggles over territory, and the evolving networks of trade in response to the strictures imposed by the environment, the climate, and natural resources. Sheikh argues that itinerancy and mobility were crucial to the polity under study and that the patterns of political formation were related to the tension between mobility and sedentarization. She engages with the current debates and conceptions regarding the study of regional histories.

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À propos de l?auteur

Samira Sheikh works at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019806019X
ISBN 13 
9780198060192
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
278
Coordonnées du fabricant
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