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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREAT MOGHULS
₨ 1,045‘Entertainingly written history . . . ravishingly beautiful photographs.’ The Times
Bamber Gascoigne’s classic book tells of the most fascinating period of Indian history, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when the country was ruled by the extraordinarily talented dynasty of emperors known to European travellers as ‘the Great Moghuls’, for their almost limitless power and incomparable wealth.
Here is a unique picture of the way of life of India’s most flamboyant rulers, their sublime palaces, their passions in art, science and religion, and their sophisticated system of administration that stabilized the greater part of India and was later adopted by the British.
Acclaimed by travellers and scholars alike, and beautifully illustrated in colour with sixteen pages of photographs, this is a book for anyone with an interest in India’s glorious past and an engaging survey of a splendid culture and its singular achievements.
ISBN: 9781841195339
Publisher: ROBINSON -
A BYZANTINE JOURNEY
₨ 3,390A high point of civilization and artistic accomplishment, the Byzantine Empire has also been the object of great misunderstanding and prejudice. This is a portrayal of its cultural history, focusing on its surreal landscapes and fantastic monuments. The book starts in Istanbul and crosses the Sea of Marmora to travel through Anatolia, the region of Asiatic Turkey which was the source of the Empire’s wealth and manpower. John Ash finds his way through a country of anachronisms and contrasts, of bloody feuds and frescoed cave-churches, of saints and sinners, of emperoand sultans. The book introduces the reader to an exotic cast of characters, including the impassioned aesthete Theophilus, the great mystical poet Rumi, the bishop and necromancer Theodore Santabarenos and the drde4Empress Theophanous.
ISBN: 1845113071
Publisher: I B TAURIS & CO LTD -
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF PAKISTAN
₨ 1,195This is a comprehensive one-volume history of Pakistan, a country that lies at the centre of the world’s strategic concerns. Being published as Pakistan completes its sixtieth year as a nation state the book covers contemporary crises in the perspective of the subcontinent’s ancient and medieval history to explain how Muslim nationalism emerged and how the community interacted with the other communities in the region.
Covering the centuries from Mehergarh to Musharraf, the author breaches the confines of political history to depict the intellectual, economic, diplomatic, and cultural history of Pakistan. Topics that have become the subject of controversy such as the 1971 Poland Resolution and the 1972 Simla Agreement are highlighted in boxes. The book is thematically addressed, but it provides underpinning by interspersing personality profiles of the individuals who shaped the course of events over the centuries. This gallery includes Amir Khusro as the embodiment of a distinctive Indo-Muslim culture; Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru, whose lofty ideals nevertheless resulted in Partition; M.A. Jinnah, who is credited with almost single-handedly creating the state of Pakistan; and the volatile but tragic figure of Z.A. Bhutto. In covering economic history, the author has also treated unorthodox subjects such as the rise and fall of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and the Kalabagh Dam controversy. In diplomatic history the author presents little known material on the 1971 War and in intellectual history he examines the circumstances that caused piety to develop into terror. Replete with striking interpretations based on neglected but authentic sources, this book breaks fresh ground.
ISBN: 9780199065127
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS -
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A CONCISE HISTORY OF WESTERN& ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT
₨ 550
ISBN: 9789696641254
Publisher: JAHANGIR BOOK -
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A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND COINS OF AFGHANISTAN
₨ 1,200
ISBN: 9693513231
Publisher: SANG-E-MEEL -
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A HISTORY OF ISLAMIC LAW
₨ 3,390This timely text describes the complete history of Islamic jurisprudence from its origins, through the Medieval period, to modern times. This reissue demonstrates how, although religious law lies at the heart of Islamic culture, Islamic states have recently modified the law to meet society’s changing values.
ISBN: 0748605142
Publisher: EDINBURGH -
A HISTORY OF MILITARY OCCUPATION FROM 1792 TO 1914
₨ 30,299
ISBN: 9780748675999
Publisher: EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS -
A HISTORY OF RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA AND MONGOLIA
₨ 5,242
ISBN: 0631208143
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS -
A HISTORY OF THE ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE 1906-1947
₨ 1,595
ISBN: 9780199067350
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS -
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