Power and distant display: Early english "ambassadors" in Moghul India

Huntington Library Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 343-368

  Barbour, Richmond ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883419219     PISSN: 00187895     EISSN: 1544399X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3817773     Document Type: Article

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