
Negotiating Mughal Law
A Family of Landlords across Three Indian Empires
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About this book
Based on a completely reconstructed archive of Persian, Hindi and Marathi documents, Nandini Chatterjee provides a unique micro-history of a family of landlords in Malwa, central India, who flourished in the region from at least the sixteenth until the twentieth century. By exploring their daily interactions with imperial elites as well as villagers and marauders, Chatterjee offers a new history from below of the Mughal Empire, far from the glittering courts of the emperors and nobles, but still dramatic and filled with colourful personalities. From this perspective, we see war, violence, betrayal, enterprise, romance and disappointment, but we also see a quest for law, justice, rights and righteousness. A rare story of Islamic law in a predominantly non-Muslim society, this is also an exploration of the peripheral regions of the Maratha empire and a neglected princely state under British colonial rule. This title is also available as Open Access.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Transliteration and Dates
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Law in Many Forms
- 1 Malwa: Land of Many Empires
- 2 Zamīndārs: Lords of the Marches
- 3 Contractors: Engaging the State
- 4 Transactions: Recording Deals
- 5 Disputes: Judges and Courts
- 6 Invaders: Marathas and the British
- 7 Identity: Professionals or Warlords?
- Fragments to Archives: a Methodological Manifesto
- Appendix: A Catalogue of the P Das Archive
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index