POLITICAL DECLINE VS CULTURAL GROWTH OF LATE MUGHALS’ CAPITAL: DELHI UNDER THE RULE OF MUHAMMAD SHAH (1719–1748)
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-1-25-38
Abstract
The article focuses on two contradictory trends of Muhammad Shah’s reign in India (1719–1748), namely, the increasing political decline of the once mighty Mughal Empire along with a palpable cultural growth of its capital.
About the Author
A. A. Kozlova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra A. Kozlova, post-graduate student of the Department of South Asian History,Instituteof Asianand African Studies
(11, bld 1, Mohovaya St., Moscow, 125009).
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Review
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Kozlova A.A. POLITICAL DECLINE VS CULTURAL GROWTH OF LATE MUGHALS’ CAPITAL: DELHI UNDER THE RULE OF MUHAMMAD SHAH (1719–1748). Islam in the modern world. 2017;13(1):25-38. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2017-13-1-25-38
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