The ArghÅ«n State in Qandahar and the New World Economy, 1479â1522
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Traffic on overland routes connecting the Indian subcontinent to the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia increased from the fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries. This led to the formation of strong states in the Kabul-to-Delhi regionânamely, the state ruled by the later LodÄ«s in north India, the embryonic Mughal state in Kabul, and the ArghÅ«n state in Qandahar (1479â1522). This article will especially investigate the latter. Since there is no mercantile archive for this period, I will make use of narrative sources, especially the little-used âcourt historyâ of the ArghÅ«ns, the Nuá¹£ratnÄmÄ-i TarkhÄn (completed circa 1565) in search of political and economic information.
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The ArghÅ«n State in Qandahar and the New World Economy, 1479â1522
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Traffic on overland routes connecting the Indian subcontinent to the Iranian Plateau and Central Asia increased from the fifteenth to the sixteenth centuries. This led to the formation of strong states in the Kabul-to-Delhi regionânamely, the state ruled by the later LodÄ«s in north India, the embryonic Mughal state in Kabul, and the ArghÅ«n state in Qandahar (1479â1522). This article will especially investigate the latter. Since there is no mercantile archive for this period, I will make use of narrative sources, especially the little-used âcourt historyâ of the ArghÅ«ns, the Nuá¹£ratnÄmÄ-i TarkhÄn (completed circa 1565) in search of political and economic information.
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