Forging a Region

Sultans, Traders, and Pilgrims in Gujarat, 1200-1500
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-806019-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

This volume explores the emergence of Gujarat over three centuries in terms of its political, economic and religious landscape. It also analyses the linguistic and cultural foundations of the formation of the region and its history. It examines how the political scenario was differentiated by a variety of religious and sectarian groups competing for resources and legitimization. The book maps immigration and settlement, struggles over territory, and the evolving networks of trade in response to the strictures imposed by the environment, the climate, and natural resources. Sheikh argues that itinerancy and mobility were crucial to the polity under study and that the patterns of political formation were related to the tension between mobility and sedentarization. She engages with the current debates and conceptions regarding the study of regional histories.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheikh, Samira

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction;

- 1.: The Regions of Gujarat, c. 100-1200;

- 2.: Settlement and authority in eastern Gujarat, c. 1250-1500;

- 3.: Pastoralism, trade and settlement in Saurashtra and Kachchh, c.1200-1500;

- 4.: Religion, politics and patronage in a settling society;

- 5.: Court and state: evolution of a regional consensus, c. 1390-1511; Conclusion;

- Bibliography; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Samira Sheikh works at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London.