Negotiating Mughal law : a family of landlords across three Indian empires /

Based on a completely reconstructed archive of Persian, Hindi and Marathi documents, Nandini Chatterjee provides a unique micro-history of a family of landlords in Malwa, central India, who flourished in the region from at least the sixteenth until the twentieth century. By exploring their daily int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chatterjee, Nandini, 1976- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Law > Mogul Empire > History. Law > India > History > 19th century. Law > India > History > 20th century. Landlord and tenant > India > Malwa (Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India) > History. Law > India > Islamic influences. Droit > Empire moghol > Histoire. Droit > Inde > Histoire > 19e siècle. Droit > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle. Droit > Inde > Influence islamique. Landlord and tenant Law Law > Islamic influences India India > Mogul Empire 1800-1999 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Malwa : Land of many empires
Zamindars : Lords of the marches
Contractors : Engaging the state
Transactions : Recording deals
Disputes : Judges and courts
Invaders : Marathas and the British
Identity : Professionals or Warlords?