The Revenue Manual of Rajasthan: Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries Ashsatta Mujmil Qasba Sanganer Vs 1772/Ad 1715 - Couverture rigide

Jibraeil

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ISBN 10 : 939003597X ISBN 13 : 9789390035977

Editeur : Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2021

Synopsis

The Revenue Manual of Rajasthan reveals the significance of this archival source material, particularly arhsatta, a distinctive revenue record of Rajasthan in general and Amber, afterward designated as Jaipur, in particular. On the whole, the arhsatta document covers such diverse and vital subjects as agriculture, environment, banking and accounting systems, forms of peasant protests, crime and punishment, estimation of population, pasture lands, animals, rural-urban taxation, aspects of social?history?and?useful?evidence?on?urban?history.

Jibraeil has edited the Arhsatta Mujmil Qasba Sanganer, keeping in view the growing interest of researchers in the archival as well as literary sources of Rajasthan's history. The documents employ indigenous terms and personalized words which make their meaning difficult to grasp as well as to decipher. They demand close attention and practice. Keeping this in mind, the editing of the document?with?annotations?will?certainly?help?researchers.

The work also includes a comprehensive glossary of terms used in arhsatta, a chart on the values in the form of appendices, and meanings of Persian and Rajasthani words as footnotes. Explanatory note on currencies used and their notations in the document further enhance the value of this work. In addition, the transcription of the arhsatta record is an invaluable tool which will help the researcher?to?read?and?understand?the?document?more?easily.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jibraeil is Assistant Professor at the Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University. He was formerly Assistant Professor in Kirori Mal College and Shivaji College, University of Delhi and a teaching faculty in the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He specializes in Urban History and Hydraulic Management System of Rajasthan. Jibraeil is author of Economy and Demographic Profile of Urban Rajasthan (Eighteenth-Nineteenth Centuries); Water Management System in the Desert Region of Rajasthan and Jal Jeevan Aur Samaj besides having published many research papers in national and international?journals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 939003597X
• ISBN 13: 9789390035977
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 452
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible