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Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World

Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

General Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral World HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0521850223
ISBN13: 9780521850223
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 22 2005
Pages: 260
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.26 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, she reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs. Combining Ottoman and Safavid histories, she demonstrates the richness as well as ambiguity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalization and imperial excellence.

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