Document Forms for Official Orders of Appointment in the Mughal Empire

Richards, John F. (translation, notes and text)

ISBN 10: 0906094143 / ISBN 13: 9780906094143

Edité par Published and Distributed by the Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial," Thetford Press, Norfolk England,, 1986

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(1986), stated First Edition, Near Fine/Very Good to Fine dj, octavo, 106pp., navy blue cloth hardcover, bright gold lettering on backstrip, unclipped dj slightly rubbed but still excellent, binding tight, text unmarked, Gibb Memorial New Series XXIX.

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• Titre: Document Forms for Official Orders of Appointment in the Mughal Empire
• Éditeur: Published and Distributed by the Trustees of the "E.J.W. Gibb Memorial," Thetford Press, Norfolk England,
• Date de parution: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0906094143
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780906094143
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Professor Richard's work is based on part of a manuscript in the British Library concerned with the revenues and administration of the later Mughal Empire, and datable to the reign of the Emperor Bahadur Shah I (AD 1708-1712). The section covered consists of 65 specimen forms for types of documents, the majority orders of appointment, the remainder concerned with a variety of financial and other transactions. The appointments envisaged range from that of Subadar, or Governor of a major province, to those of minor officials of ports, mints and sub-districts. The work belongs in the tradition of administrative manuals that may be traced back to the reign of Akbar and earlier. The specimen documents, originally intended to guide the aspiring Mughal scribe in his work, contain a mass of detail of interest to the modern student of the history of the Mughal India, and that of the eventual heir to the Mughal tradition, the British Raj. This is the first work of its type to appear in English translation. An introduction sets the work in context and the original text is given in facsimile. John F. Richards is Professor of History at Duke University

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John F. Richards is Professor of History at Duke University