Studies in Medieval Indian Polity and Culture (The Delhi Sultanate and Its Times)
Book Details
Author(s)Mohammad Habib
PublisherOxford University Press
ISBN / ASINB01B9PSJAC
ISBN-13978B01B9PSJA2
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Description
Language: English
Pages: 524
About the Book
Mohammad Habib (1895-1971) was one of the foremost historians of medieval India. This volume presents a representative collection of this works, which in their time brought many innovative ideas to the study of the Delhi sultanate. He examines not just the emperors-their campaigns, strategies, and political ideas-but also the conditions of peasants, artisans, weavers, and the mass of people of the Indian subcontinent during the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries.
The essays span the political history of the sultanate period, including an evaluation of Mahmud Ghaznin’s campaigns, Ziya Barani’s description of the politico -economic and social contexts, study of Sufi records, and other contemporary sources. While presenting insights about every aspect of medieval Indian life, the historian and his thought themselves emerge as a subject for the study of national historiography and, later, the beginnings of Marxist historians to reject the ‘bourgeois’ approach and focus instead on the history of the oppressed.
Irfan Habib’s insightful introduction situates Mohammad Habib’s writings in the context not only of the development of Indian historiography, but also of the influences of the environment of his own time.
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About the Author
Mohammad Habib (1895-1971) was Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Iran Habib is professor Emeritus of History, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
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Preface
When the oxford University Press very kindly asked me to select some pieces from the writings of Professor Mohammad Habib relating to medieval Indian history and edit them, I agreed readily enough, thou
Pages: 524
About the Book
Mohammad Habib (1895-1971) was one of the foremost historians of medieval India. This volume presents a representative collection of this works, which in their time brought many innovative ideas to the study of the Delhi sultanate. He examines not just the emperors-their campaigns, strategies, and political ideas-but also the conditions of peasants, artisans, weavers, and the mass of people of the Indian subcontinent during the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries.
The essays span the political history of the sultanate period, including an evaluation of Mahmud Ghaznin’s campaigns, Ziya Barani’s description of the politico -economic and social contexts, study of Sufi records, and other contemporary sources. While presenting insights about every aspect of medieval Indian life, the historian and his thought themselves emerge as a subject for the study of national historiography and, later, the beginnings of Marxist historians to reject the ‘bourgeois’ approach and focus instead on the history of the oppressed.
Irfan Habib’s insightful introduction situates Mohammad Habib’s writings in the context not only of the development of Indian historiography, but also of the influences of the environment of his own time.
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About the Author
Mohammad Habib (1895-1971) was Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University, India. Iran Habib is professor Emeritus of History, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
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Preface
When the oxford University Press very kindly asked me to select some pieces from the writings of Professor Mohammad Habib relating to medieval Indian history and edit them, I agreed readily enough, thou
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