Sudev Sheth

Bankrolling Empire

Family Fortunes and Political Transformation in Mughal India

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Produktbeschreibung

"Sudev Sheth presents the downfall of the Mughal Empire and the rise of its successor states as experienced directly by family entrepreneurs. Using hitherto untapped sources in multiple languages, he reveals how local persons and elites participated in the financial crisis that shook Indian society to its very foundations"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 377
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009330220
• ISBN-10: 1009330225
• Artikelnr.: 71956019

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.