Athar Ali, M. creator text New Delhi Oxford Oxford University Press 2008 monographic xviii, 409 p., [2] folded leaves of plates: maps; 22 cm. ANTECEDENTS 1. The Islamic Background to Indian History: An Interpretation of the Islamic Past 2. Encounter and Efflorescence: The Genesis of the Medieval Civilization 3. Nobility under Muhammad Tughluq 4. Capital of the Sultans: Delhi during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries 5. The Punjab between the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Centuries FORMATION OFTHE EMPIRE 6. Towards an Interpretation of the Mughal Empire 7. The Pre-colonial Social Structure and the Polity of the Mughal Empire 8. The Mughal Polity: A Critique of ’Revisionist’ Approaches 9. Political Structures of the Islamic Orient in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries POLITICAL THOUGHT 10. The Evolution of the Perception of India: Akbar and Abul FazI 11. The State in Islamic Thought in India M. Athar Ali Includes bibiography and index. Mogul Empire Civilization Mogul Empire History India History 954.024 ALI/M 9780195696615 (pbk.) 0195696611 (pbk.)