Mughal Sovereignty and the People

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Although it is true that the Mughal Empire ceased to exist in more than name by the first half of the eighteenth century, that period also witnessed the rise of ordinary city dwellers as political subjects. This process took place in relation to an evolving discourse of imperial sovereignty and was driven by the intensification of commerce, the growth of urban populations, and the development of an urban public sphere. In this light, the tumults and disorders of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries generally attributed to economic troubles or intercommunal animosities instead reveal the emergence of the lowly urban masses as assertive political actors. Such urban populations forged a language of popular politics that allowed them to both challenge and invoke the discourse of Mughal sovereignty to their own ends.
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Authors Abhishek Kaicker
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222642.013.42
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222642.013.42
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