Courts of the Deccan Sultanates - Living Well in the Persian Cosmopolis

Illuminates the centrality of courtliness in the political and cultural life of the Deccan in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

List of contents

Introduction: cosmopolitanism, courtliness and ethics in the Deccani Sultanates; Part I. Courtly Society: 1. Courtly disposition; 2. Networks, patrons and friends; 3. Courts, merchants and commodities; Part II. Courtly Skills: 4. Scribal skills; 5. Esoteric skills; 6. Martial skills; Concluding remarks.

About the author

Emma J. Flatt is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Product details

• Authors: Emma J. Flatt, Emma J. (University of North Carolina Flatt, Flatt Emma J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781108481939
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48193-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social & cultural history, India, c 1500 onwards to present day, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Asian History, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Asia / South / General