Al-Hind : : Volume IV: Age of the Great Mughals, 16th-17th Centuries. Part One: Afghans and Mughals in the Struggle.

• Author: Wink, André.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (367 pages)

The first part of the long-awaited fourth volume of André Wink's monumental Al-Hind: The Making of the Indo-Islamic World introduces a new perspective on the rise of the dynasty of the Great Mughals and the transition of the Indo-Islamic world from the medieval to the early modern centuries.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 On the Road of Failure: the Afghans in Hind -- 1 The Pastoral-Nomadic Economy of Afghanistan and Kabul -- 2 Afghan Tribal Society -- 3 The Failure of the Afghan Empire -- 3.1 The Lodi Sultanate -- 3.2 Nomadic Expansion in Qandahar -- 3.3 The Afghan Conquest of the Kabul River Basin and Peshawar -- 3.4 The Sur Empire of the Sixteenth Century -- 4 Waiting for the Millennium -- 5 Durrani Imperialism -- 6 The Origins of Modern Afghanistan -- Chapter 2 From the Mongols to the Great Mughals -- 1 Origins of the Mughal Dynasty -- 1.1 From Chingiz Khan to Timur -- 2 The Mughal Dynasty from Babur to Alamgir -- 2.1 Babur -- 2.2 Humayun -- 2.3 Akbar -- 2.4 Jahangir -- 2.5 Shah Jahan -- 2.6 Alamgir -- 3 Conclusion: the Long Shadow of Chingiz Khan -- Chapter 3 The Empire of the Great Mughals and Its Indian Foundations -- 1 A Farewell to Horses? -- 2 The Culture of Chivalry -- 3 'The Greatest and Most Powerful Empire in the World' -- 4 The Sharers of the Realm -- Chapter 4 Religion, Society and Politics in Mughal India -- 1 Christianity -- 2 Conflicting Views of Mughal Imperial Religion and Attitudes towards Religion -- 3 Religious Reform -- 4 Iconoclasm -- 5 Monotheism vs. Paganism -- 6 Saints of the Mughals -- 7 Sunni and Shiʿa -- 8 Imperial Law? -- 9 Legal and Political Arenas -- 10 A Disciplinary Revolution -- 11 Conversion and Devotional Movements -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.