Politics of the Hunt: Good Governance, Sovereignty, Intimidation

Shaha Parpia

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Good Governance, Sovereignty, Intimidation

In: Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the ShikÄrgÄh

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This chapter explores the rationale of undertaking the hunt which is directly related to âhigherâ political and social welfare-related aims such as dispensation of justice, and ensuring fairness of taxation laws and agricultural reforms. The hunting expedition was often the strategic pretext to move thousands of troops into restive areas to monitor possible sedition without arousing undue alarm, as hunting techniques such as the battue hunt often approximated that of war. The shikÄrgÄh thus became a venue for military training, reconnaissance operations, overt intimidation of enemies, and launching armed attacks.

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Taming Wilderness: The Mughal Hunt and Cultural Landscapes of the ShikÄrgÄh

Series:Â Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, Volume: 193

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004749054

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 03 Dec 2025

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