Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society, and Culture Book

Preface   Irfan Habib     xi
Antecedents
The Islamic Background to Indian History: An Interpretation of the Islamic Past     3
Encounter and Efflorescence: The Genesis of the Medieval Civilization     12
Nobility under Muhammad Tughluq     31
Capital of the Sultans: Delhi during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries     37
The Punjab between the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Centuries     49
Formation of the Empire
Towards an Interpretation of the Mughal Empire     59
The Pre-colonial Social Structure and the Polity of the Mughal Empire     74
The Mughal Polity: A Critique of 'Revisionist' Approaches     82
Political Structures of the Islamic Orient in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries     94
Political Thought
The Evolution of the Perception of India: Akbar and Abul Fazl     109
The State in Islamic Thought in India     119
Elements of Social Justice in Medieval Islamic Thought     129
The Religious World
The 'Vision' in the Salt Range, 1578: An Interpretation     149
Sulh-i Kul and the Religious Ideas of Akbar     158
Translations of Sanskrit Works at Akbar's Court     173
The Religious World of Jahangir     183
The Religious Environment under Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb     200
Sidelights into Ideological and Religious Attitudes in the Punjab during the Seventeenth Century     209
Pursuing an Elusive Seeker of Universal Truth: The Identity and Environment of the Author of the Dabistan-i Mazahib     216
Muslims' Perceptions of Judaism and Christianity in Medieval India     229
The Politics of Empire
The Religious Issue in the War of Succession, 1658-59     245
Causes of the Rathor Rebellion of 1679     253
Provincial Governors Under Aurangzeb: An Analysis     262
The Empire and Contemporary Powers
'International Law' or Conventions Governing Conduct of Relations between Asian States, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries     307
Jahangir and the Uzbeks     316
The Objectives Behind the Mughal Expedition into Balkh and Badakhshan, 1646-47     327
The Passing of the Empire
The Passing of the Empire: The Mughal Case     337
Recent Theories of Eighteenth-century India     350
Sources
History in Indo-Muslim Tradition     363
The Use of Sources in Mughal Historiography     370
The Correspondence of Aurangzeb and its Historical Significance     388
Index     392