Recovering a missing voice from Mughal India: The imperial discourse of Jahāngīr (R. 1605-1627) in his memoirs

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-489

  Lefèvre, Corinne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Collections; Mughals; Naturalism; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349097037     PISSN: 00224995     EISSN: 15685209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156852007783245034     Document Type: Review

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