JAHANGIR : An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal
Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Juggernaut 2018/01/01Edition: 1Description: 319ISBN:- 9789386228918
- 923.1 PAR
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923.1 MAR/JA JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND HIS POLITICAL VIEWS | 923.1 MAT/MY MY DAYS WITH NEHRU | 923.1 NAR/BO BONSAI TREE : Autobiography | 923.1 PAR JAHANGIR : An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal | 923.1 RUB EMPRESS : Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan | 923.1 VIK/HE HERO OF HALDIGHATI MAHARANA PRATAP | 923.154 ABD A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM: A LIFE |
Jahangir was the fourth of the six Great Mughals - great grandson of Babur and grandfather of Aurangzeb - and the least known among them. His father, Akbar, transformed the Mughal kingdom into an empire, and his reign is often considered an epoch in itself. Jahangir's son Shahjahan built the tomb that Tagore famously described as a 'teardrop on the cheek of time', and was sometimes upheld as Akbar's true heir. Jahangir, on the other hand, has the reputation of a weak man, at best: an alcoholic with an eye for art and greed for pleasure, controlled by a powerful wife. But far from being a disinterested prince and insignificant ruler, Jahangir showed tremendous ambition and strength throughout his life. When his succession was threatened, Jahangir set up a rebel court in the face of the mighty Akbar himself. While he made no conquests to match his father's, Jahangir was the first Mughal to win the allegiance of the fearsome Ranas of Mewar. And, for all his reputed frivolity, Jahangir was the emperor who won his dynasty its glorious association with things of beauty and splendour - and who wrote one of the most perceptive and entertaining imperial memoirs of all time. The man who is most often defined by his relationships is here presented holistically as a canny ruler and conscientious administrator, an astute observer of human society and a connoisseur with wide-ranging interests. In this marvellous work of popular history, Parvati Sharma tells a compelling story of one of the most fascinating and undervalued rulers of India.
Contents
Part I: Accession
Part II : Empire
Part : III : Believer/Unbeliever
Part IV : Sun Amongst Women
Part V : Ambition
Part VI : Aesthete
Part VIIV : Blood
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