Epistolary Strategies of Negotiation: Reading a Fraternal Dispute at the Mughal Court, 1593–1594.
This article examines a dispute between the Mughal emperor Akbar and his foster brother Mirzā ʿAzīz Koka in the late sixteenth century through a study of two epistolary compositions (inshāʾ) – a royal mandate (farmān) issued by Akbar and a petition (ʿarẓ-dāsht) from the mirzā in response. By focus...
| Publicado en: | Medieval Encounters Vol. 29; no. 5/6; pp. 521 - 555 |
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2023
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