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The Niẓām Shāhīs (2019)
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Fischel, R. S. (2019). The Niẓām Shāhīs. Leiden

The Niẓām Shāhīs were an Islamic dynasty in the Deccan Plateau, India. Founded by Malik Ḥasan Baḥrī Niẓām al-Mulk, his son Aḥmad established its independence from the Bahmanī Sultanate around 896/1490. The sultanate emerged as one of the most powerf... Read More about The Niẓām Shāhīs.

Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period (2019)
Thesis
El-Merheb, M. Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis argues that the rule of law, limited government, and the theory of delegation were the main concerns of the political thought of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period (c. 1230 to 1330). It interprets and reclassifies Islamic authors ou... Read More about Islamic Political Thought: Competing Conceptions of the Rule of Law in the Middle Period.

Histories of Circulation : Sharing Arabic Manuscripts across the Western Indian Ocean, 1400-1700 (2018)
Thesis
Bahl, C. D. Histories of Circulation : Sharing Arabic Manuscripts across the Western Indian Ocean, 1400-1700. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Managing paperwork in Mamluk Egypt (c. 1250-1517) : a documentary approach to archival practices (2018)
Thesis
Livingston, D. Managing paperwork in Mamluk Egypt (c. 1250-1517) : a documentary approach to archival practices. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Aḥmadnagar (2017)
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Fischel, R. S. (2017). Aḥmadnagar. Leiden

Aḥmadnagar is a city in Maharashtra, India, on the Deccan Plateau. Established in 899/1494 by Aḥmad Baḥrī Niẓām al-Mulk, the city served as the capital of the Niẓām Shāhī Sultanate. During the tenth/sixteenth century, Aḥmadnagar grew considerably and... Read More about Aḥmadnagar.

Aḥmadnagar (2017)
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Fischel, R. S. (2017). Aḥmadnagar. Leiden

Aḥmadnagar is a city in Maharashtra, India, on the Deccan Plateau. Established in 899/1494 by Aḥmad Baḥrī Niẓām al-Mulk, the city served as the capital of the Niẓām Shāhī Sultanate. During the tenth/sixteenth century, Aḥmadnagar grew considerably and... Read More about Aḥmadnagar.

Deccan Sultanates (2016)
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Fischel, R. S. (2016). Deccan Sultanates. Oxford, UK

The Deccan Sultanates were Muslim-ruled sultanates in central India, comprising Aḥmadnagar, Bījāpūr, Golkonda, and the short-living Berār and Bīdar. Emerging out of the disintegration of the Bahmanī Sultanate in the 1480s, the Deccan Sultanates incor... Read More about Deccan Sultanates.

Deccan Sultanates (2016)
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Fischel, R. S. (2016). Deccan Sultanates. Oxford, UK

The Deccan Sultanates were Muslim-ruled sultanates in central India, comprising Aḥmadnagar, Bījāpūr, Golkonda, and the short-living Berār and Bīdar. Emerging out of the disintegration of the Bahmanī Sultanate in the 1480s, the Deccan Sultanates incor... Read More about Deccan Sultanates.

Origin Narratives, Legitimacy, and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in the Early Modern Deccan, India (2015)
Journal Article
Fischel, R. S. (2015). Origin Narratives, Legitimacy, and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in the Early Modern Deccan, India. Purushartha, 33, 71-95. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.editionsehess.23087

The paper discusses the ways in which the sultanates of Aḥmadnagar and Bījāpūr in the Deccan Plateau of peninsular India employed the Persian cosmopolitan language and the associated political idiom to construct the legitimacy of their ruling dynast... Read More about Origin Narratives, Legitimacy, and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in the Early Modern Deccan, India.

Origin Narratives, Legitimacy, and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in the Early Modern Deccan, India (2015)
Journal Article
Fischel, R. S. (2015). Origin Narratives, Legitimacy, and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in the Early Modern Deccan, India. Purushartha, 33, 71-95. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.editionsehess.23087

The paper discusses the ways in which the sultanates of Aḥmadnagar and Bījāpūr in the Deccan Plateau of peninsular India employed the Persian cosmopolitan language and the associated political idiom to construct the legitimacy of their ruling dynast... Read More about Origin Narratives, Legitimacy, and the Practice of Cosmopolitan Language in the Early Modern Deccan, India.