Mughals and the North-East - Encounter and Assimilation in Medieval India

There is a perception that the region of north-east India maintained its 'splendid isolation' and remained outside the reach of the Mughals and did not have a pre-colonial past. This book is an attempt to decenter and demolish the said perceptions.

Sommario

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
SAJAL NAG
1. External Sources for the History of North-East in Mughal Times
IRFAN HABIB
2. Extent and Economic Aspects of Forests in Mughal India
SHIREEN MOOSVI
3. Assam in the Mughal Times: A Dutch View in 1660s
ISHRAT ALAM
4. Beyond the Chronicles: The Agrarian Legacy in Cooch Behar and Assam (An Analysis of Mughal
Archival Records, AD 1614-1754)
SAIYID ZAHEER HUSAIN JAFRI
5. Mughal Influence on Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)
ASHFAQUE HOSSAIN& ANANDA BIKASH CHAKMA
6. Naval Warfare in Mughal North-East India
KAUSHIK ROY
7. Kamrupa State and the Mughal Empire
TAHIR H. ANSARI
8. Ahom Princess of Mughal Court
BIMAL PHUKAN
9. Ahom-Mughal Matrimonial Alliance
MEMCHATON SINGHA
10. Frontier Tribes and the Mughals in the Eighteenth Century
TEJIMALA GURUNG
11. The Mughals and the Khasi and Jaintia States of North-Eastern India: Interactions and Impacts
LASOBORKI PYRNGAP
12. Mughals and the Koch-Ahom Relations During the Sixteenth Century
I.S.MUMTAZA
13. Mughal and Ahom States: Impact, Adaptation and Consequences
M. PARWEZ
14. Encounters in the East: Mughal-Tripura Relations
ANINDITA GHOSHAL
15. Tribes of North-East India as Depicted in Persian Tazkeras
MAZHAR ASIF
16. Sufi Saints and their Impact in Barak Valley
SHERIN SULTANA TALUKDAR
17. Manipur and the Mughals: King Khagemba and the Mughal Interface (AD 1597-1652)
NG. MEETA DEVI
18. Agrarian Conquest in Mughal Goalpara
SATARUPA SAHA
19. The Mughals and the Advent of Portugese in North-East
DEEPALI BHATTACHARJEE
20. Mughal Wars in North-East India: Analysis of the Ahom Victory over the Mughals
GEETASHRI SINGH
21. The Curious Community of Asomiya Sikhs: The Mughal Connection?
SAJAL NAG
22. Arrival of Various Sufi Saints and their Silsilah (Order) in Different Parts of Assam and Establishment of Khankahs
ASSADUZZAMAN
23. Advent of Islam in Surma-Barak Valley
MAHBUBUR RAHMAN LASKAR
Contributors

Info autore

Sajal Nag is Senior Professor and Head, Department of History and Dean, School of Social Sciences, Assam University, Silchar. He is the author of The Beleaguered Nation: Making and Unmaking of the Assamese Nationality (Manohar: 2016); and Contesting Marginality: Ethnicity, Insurgency and Sub Nationalism in North East-India (Manohar: 2002); among others.

Riassunto

There is a perception that the region of north-east India maintained its ‘splendid isolation’ and remained outside the reach of the Mughals and did not have a pre-colonial past. This book is an attempt to decenter and demolish the said perceptions.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sajal Nag
• Con la collaborazione di: Sajal Nag (Editore), Nag Sajal (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032523057
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252305-7
• Pagine: 538
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, India, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Empires & historical states, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, North East India, Mughal Empire