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The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780
Series: - Brill's Indological Library, Volume: 8
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The Rise of The Indo-Afghan Empire, c. 1710-1780 deals with the magnificent world of Afghan nomads, horse-dealers and mercenaries bridging the frontiers between the old metropolitan centres of India, Iran and Central Asia. During the eighteenth century they succeeded in establishing a vigorous new system of Indo-Afghan states.
In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses.
By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past.
In Central Asia, the Afghans created an imperial tradition on the basis of long-standing Perso-Islamic ideals. In India, along the caravan routes with Turkistan and Tibet, they carved out thriving principalities in association with military service and the breeding and trade in war-horses.
By fully incorporating this Afghan ascendancy into the fabric of Islamic and world history the author challenges the widely held notion of a gloomy Afghan past.
Jos J.L. Gommans, Ph.D. (1993), University of Leiden, teaches Indian history at the Kern Institute of the University of Leiden.
'...well-written, handsomely produced volume...Gommans makes a number of important contributions to eighteenth-century North Indian history...'
Stephen F. Dale, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1995.
'Gomman's work is of seminal importance, and will compel historians of 18th-century India and Central Asia to revise some long-held assumptions.'
G.R.G. Hambly, Choice, 1995.
Stephen F. Dale, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1995.
'Gomman's work is of seminal importance, and will compel historians of 18th-century India and Central Asia to revise some long-held assumptions.'
G.R.G. Hambly, Choice, 1995.
All those of graduate level and above interested in Islamic and Asian history, culture, economy, anthropology and political theory.