The courts of the Deccan sultanates

• Verfasst von: Flatt, Emma Jane [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The courts of the Deccan sultanates
• Titelzusatz: living well in the Persian cosmopolis
• Verf.angabe: Emma J. Flatt
• Verlagsort: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2019
• Umfang: xix, 318 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Karten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48193-9
• Schlagwörter: (g)Dekhan / (s)Sultanat / (s)Hof / (s)Höfische Kultur
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Flatt, Emma Jane: The courts of the Deccan sultanates. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. - 1 online resource (xix, 318 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1664713417

Abstract

Introduction: Cosmopolitanism, courtliness and ethics in the Deccani sultanates -- Courtly disposition -- Networks, patrons and friends -- Courts, merchants and commodities -- Scribal skills -- Esoteric skills -- Martial skills.

Abstract

"The Courts of the Deccan Sultanates In the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, courtliness was crucial to the political and cultural life of the Deccan. Divided between six states competing for territory, resources, and skills, the medieval and early modern Deccan was a region of striking ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity. People used multi-faceted trans-regional networks--mercantile, kinship, friendship and intellectual--to move across the Persian-speaking world and to find employment at the Deccan courts"--