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020			_a978-0-521-14554-1
082			_223 _a306.742095409031 _bLAL
100			_aLal Ruby
245			_aDomesticity and power in the Early Mughal world / _cRuby Lal
250			_a1st ed. _b2017.
260			_aDelhi. _bCambridge University Press; _c2017.
300			_a241 p . ; _bsoftbound _c14x22cm
505			_a1. Introduction 2. A genealogy of the Mughal haram 3. The question of the archive:the challenge of a princess's memoir 4. The making of Mughal court society 5. Where was the haram in a peripatetic world? 6. Settled, sacred, and all-powerful: the new regime under Akbar 7. Settled, sacred, and "incarcerated":the imperial haram 8.conclusion
520			_aIn a fascinating and innovative study,Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, the author reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs in the "inner" chambers as well as the "outer" courts. Using Ottoman and Safavid histories as a counterpoint, she demonstrates the richness, ambiguity and particularly of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalization and imperial excellence.
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