Code-Switching of Regal Identity in the Early Modern Deccan.
The historiography of the early modern Quṭb Shāhī dynasty of southern India often wrangles with the question of regal identity. Some scholars, drawing primarily from Tĕlugu sources, have argued that the Quṭb Shāhīs became Indic rulers and adopted the regal customs traditionally expected of Tĕlugu mo...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American Oriental Society Vol. 145; no. 2; pp. 229 - 253 |
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American Society for Premodern Asia (ASPA)
Apr-Jun2025
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