Writing Self, Writing Empire —— Chandar Bhan Brahman And The Cultural World Of The Indo-persian State Secretary

----- 书写自我，书写帝国：钱德拉·班·婆罗门与印度-波斯国务秘书的文化世界

ISBN: 9780520286467 出版年：2015 页码：395 Rajeev Kinra University of California Press

A free ebook version of this title is available through luminos, university of california press’s new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.Luminosoa.Org to learn more.Writing self, writing empire examines the life, career, and writings of the mughal state secretary, or munshi, chandar bhan “brahman” (d. C.1670), one of the great indo-persian poets and prose stylists of early modern south asia. Chandar bhan’s life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, akbar (1556-1605), jahangir (1605-1627), shah jahan (1628-1658), and aurangzeb ‘alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the “great mughals” whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire’s power, territorial reach, and global influence. As a high-caste hindu who worked for a series of muslim monarchs and other officials, forming powerful friendships along the way, chandar bhan’s experience bears vivid testimony to the pluralistic atmosphere of the mughal court, particularly during the reign of shah jahan, the celebrated builder of the taj mahal.