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Socio-Cultural Life of the Great Mughals (1526-1707 A. D.)
by
Mohammad Azhar Ansari and Edited by Jaweed Ashraf
Year of Publication :
2008
ISBN :
9788175741799
Edition :
1st Edition
Place :
New Delhi
Book Details :
26 cm, xviii, 284p.; 7 Colour Plates; Appendices; Bibliograph; Index.
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About the Book :
Studies in the field of social and cultural history of medieval India are rather few and far between. This book by Azhar Ansari is a valuable addition to the category of such studies that deal with the social and cultural life of the royalty and nobility, a section that significantly determined the direction of cultural development in all urban centres and set a number of cultural trends all over the subcontinent. It describes the daily life of the king and his seraglio in considerable detail. This book is a significant contribution in the study of the daily life in the female part of royalty about which much has yet not been studied. The chapter on hunting sums up considerable details of an aspect that has yet hardly been discussed in such details.
About the Author :
The book discusses in detail the Mughals penchant for aesthetics and exhaustively narrates the various horticultural activities that the Mughals indulged in all over the subcontinent.
Discussion about the various types of their dresses is another special feature of the book. So also is the study of their manners and customs practised in the court as well as in the residences.
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MOHAMMAD AZHAR ANSARI (1917-1998) received his early education in accordance with tradition at Hyderabad. In 1948 he completed his higher studies from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy was conferred on him by the same University. After a span of more than thirty years in the teaching profession he retired as Professor and Head, Department of Indian History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Though it is not possible to give an exhaustive list of his published articles the titles of his major published works are given below:
1. Geographical Glimpses of Medieval India
2. European Travellers under the Mughals
3. Administrative Documents of Mughal India
JAWEED ASHRAF (b 1934) had his basic education at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He completed his Master`s degree in Botany from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (1958). In 1964 he got candidate of Biological Sciences (Ph.D.) from Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow. His knowledge of oriental and modern European languages has played a significant role in the rapid progress of his pioneering work on the borderlines between bio-sciences, history and geography. He has a number of papers to his credit both in bio-sciences and social sciences.
Dr. Ashraf retired as Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. At present, he is working on Medieval Indian Science manuscripts.
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