Jagirdars
in the Mughal Empire During the Reign of Akbar
By-
Balkrishan Shivram
Jagirdars in the Mughal Empire during the Reign of
Akbar
knits together several things—the process of the Mughal Empire’s expansion,
Akbar’s political and administrative initiatives, and the rituals of the
court—that can be reconstituted for a new and differnt understanding of the Mughal state at the end of the sixteenth
century.
The
author uses a multidimensional approach to the subject and offers a radically
new way of looking at the organization of the Mughal Empire at the time of its
early evolution under Akbar. The study interrogates the assumed links between jagirs
and mansabdars, the nature and location of their grants, the periodicity
of their transfers, and the degree of control and discipline that ‘transfers’
of jagirs and mansabdars was supposed to have introduced in the
functioning of the Mughal administration. In this way the author implies that
there was logic to goverance that emanated from the ruler’s relationship with
his highest nobles and this was evident in the nature of the assignment system
and the delegation of power. Changes in relationships, consequently, would
alter the structures of the governance as well. This thorough study explores a
coherent paradigm of court rituals that lie behind the kingship.
This book would be indispensable to scholars
working on the Mughal period as well as those interested to know the milieu of
the Mughal jagirdari.
Balkrishan
Shivram has
taught at colleges in Himachal Pradesh for the past thirteen years. He is
currently a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He was
awarded the Professor J.S. Grewal Prize on the Indian History Congress (2006).
ISBN 81-7304-766-9
2008 324p. Rs.850/ pounds 50
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