Sudev Sheth

Bankrolling Empire (eBook, ePUB)

Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India

• Format: ePub

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009330251
• Artikelnr.: 70910034

Autorenporträt

Sudev Sheth is Senior Lecturer in History at the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches across the School of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Prelude: The Mughal Empire, 1526-1750
2. Courtly mutualism: the emperor's jeweler Shantidas Jhaveri, 1628-1658
3. Political commensalism: Manekchand Jhaveri and bankrolling bids to the throne, 1658-1707
4. Interlude: cultivating financial crisis under Aurangzeb, 1660s-1719
5. Expedient extortion: the governor's golden goose Khushalchand Jhaveri, 1719-1730
6. Competitive coparcenary: Vakhatchand Jhaveri and brokering politics, 1730-1818
7. Postlude: Bankrollers of Mughal succession, 1750-1818
Conclusion
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.