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Volume 28 - July 2018

Contents

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Book Review

Erratum

  • Thinking Beyond Aurangzeb and the Mughal State in a Late Eighteenth-Century Punjabi Braj Source – ERRATUM

  • ANNE MURPHY
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    31 May 2018, p. 555
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Research Article

  • Aurangzeb as seen from Gujarat: Shi‘i and Millenarian Challenges to Mughal Sovereignty

  • SAMIRA SHEIKH
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    25 April 2018, pp. 557-581

  • This article argues for a re-evaluation of the ‘Islamist’ policies of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (r. 1658–1707), many of which were arguably harsher towards Shi‘i and millenarian groups than towards Hindus. By charting Aurangzeb's trials of millenarian leaders throughout his long reign, it suggests that the emperor's desire to introduce a more standardised legal system was at odds with the ‘millennial’ nature of his own kingship. The article further suggests we should look more closely at the influence of regional politics on Mughal policy-making. The fact that Sunni Gujarati clerics acquired a remarkable intimacy with Aurangzeb, both as prince and emperor, demonstrates how Gujarat's sectarian disputes and political economy could play out in the imperial court. Finally, the article calls for a realistic reappraisal of the long shadows cast by Aurangzeb's Islamist legalism.

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Front Cover (OFC, IFC) and matter

  • JRA volume 28 issue 3 Cover and Front matter

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    31 May 2018, pp. f1-f3
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Back Cover (IBC, OBC) and matter

  • JRA volume 28 issue 3 Cover and Back matter

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    31 May 2018, pp. b1-b9
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Front Cover (OFC, IFC) and matter

  • JRA volume 28 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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    08 March 2018, pp. f1-f3
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Front Cover (OFC, IFC) and matter

  • JRA volume 28 issue 1 Cover and Front matter

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    12 December 2017, pp. f1-f3
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