Oxford_India_Perennials_Series__Muzaffar_Alam_-_The_Crisis_of_Empire_in_Mughal_North_India__Awadh_and_Punjab__1707-48-OUP_India__2013

Title Pages p2 · 352w
Dedication p4 · 40w
Maps p5 · 89w
Acknowledgements p6 · 826w
Introduction to the Second Edition p8 · 19,884w
Note on Transliteration p51 · 506w
Abbreviations p53 · 437w
Introduction p56 · 35w
Abstract and Keywords p56 · 547w
Historiographical Perspective on the Mughal Decline p57 · 2,758w
Empire and the Province p63 · 929w
Social and Political Base of Eighteenth Century Provincial States p65 · 1w
The Zamindars, the Jagirdars and Imperial Decline p65 · 1,282w
The Imperial Court in the Eighteenth Century p67 · 496w
Notes: p68 · 665w
1: Breakdown of Imperial Organization p71 · 38w
Muzahpar Alam p71 · 3w
Abstract and Keywords p71 · 933w
I 1707–12 p73 · 3w
The Nobility p73 · 996w
Problem of Jagir Administration and Finance p75 · 2,079w
II 1713–19 p79 · 2w
Famine and Zamindar Uprisings p79 · 1,231w
Jagir, Ijara and the Economy p81 · 1,878w
The Nobility p85 · 870w
III 1729–39 p86 · 2w
The Emperor and the Nobility p86 · 751w
Imperial Decline and the Province p88 · 620w
Towards a New Imperial Framework p89 · 575w
IV 1739–48 p90 · 2w
Financial Collapse and Restatement of the Imperial Myth p90 · 1,462w
Notes: p93 · 4,808w
I Awadh p108 · 0w
2: The Changing Position of the Governor p108 · 45w
Abstract and Keywords p108 · 517w
The Position of Subadar p109 · 464w
Extension of the Governor’s Power p110 · 1,023w
The Beginnings of the New Subadari p112 · 2,659w
II The Punjab p117 · 128w
The Punjab and the Case for Imperial Control p117 · 938w
Towards Provincial Independence p119 · 2,860w
Notes: p125 · 7,131w
3: The Zamindars, the Madad-i Ma‘ash Holders and Mughal Administration in Awadh c. 1707–1722 p140 · 60w
Abstract and Keywords p140 · 797w
The Zamindar Uprisings p142 · 4,876w
Position of the Madad-i Ma‘ash Holders p152 · 2,323w
Conflict between the Madad-i Ma‘ash Holders and the Zamindars p156 · 839w
II p158 · 474w
Consolidation and Creation of Loyal Zamindars p159 · 535w
Changes in Jagir Administration p160 · 3,304w
Notes: p166 · 4,023w
4: Mughal Power, the Sikhs and other Local Groups in the Punjab p177 · 55w
Abstract and Keywords p177 · 966w
The Sikhs, the Zamindars and the Madad-i Wa‘ash Holders p179 · 5,532w
The Hill Chiefs, the Sikhs and Mughal Power p190 · 6,370w
Notes: p204 · 4,425w
5: The Punjab after 1715, the Zamindars and the Problems Facing the Provincial Government p216 · 59w
Abstract and Keywords p216 · 3,212w
Conflict between Mughal Officials and the Chiefs, c. 1714–1748 p222 · 1,210w
Imperial Control over the Jagir and Local Administration p225 · 5,216w
Notes: p235 · 2,590w
6: Growth of Nawabi Rule in Awadh and its Relations with Local Social Group p242 · 59w
Abstract and Keywords p242 · 478w
The Jagir Administration p243 · 10,489w
Notes: p264 · 6,025w
7: The Imperial Court, the New Subadars and the Region p278 · 51w
Abstract and Keywords p278 · 554w
I Awadh p279 · 3w
Burhan-ul-Mulk and Politics at the Court p279 · 876w
The New Subadar and the Regions around Awadh p281 · 2,465w
Burhan-ul-Mulk and the Governorship of Allahabad p287 · 1,260w
Saudar Jang and the Eangash Afghans of Farrukhaead p290 · 180w
Burhan-ul-Mulk and Chandela Chief p290 · 829w
Saudar Jang and the Rohillas of the Moradabad-Eareilly Region p292 · 513w
The Maratha Question p293 · 1,151w
Saudar Jang and the Marathas p295 · 888w
Safdar Jang and the Bundela and Bhadauria Chiefs p297 · 246w
Invasion of Nadir Shah and Burhan-ul-Mulk p297 · 574w
Safdar Jang and the Imperial Court p298 · 1,701w
II The Punjab p302 · 760w
Abd-us-Samad Khan and the Neighbouring Provinces p303 · 1,193w
The Governor of the Punjab and the North-Western Frontier p305 · 1,207w
Political Developments in the Punjab after 1745 p308 · 688w
Notes: p309 · 8,525w
Conclusion p329 · 7,842w
Bibliography p346 · 271w
Primary Sources p347 · 6,151w
European Works p364 · 486w
Modern Works p366 · 4,823w
Urdu Works p383 · 420w
Index p385 · 12,332w