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Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation ca. 1720–1750 (2023)
Thesis
Parsa, M. A. H. Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation ca. 1720–1750. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The study argues that in the eighteenth century, for the first time since the fall of the Sāsānids in late antiquity, the ideology of the imperial state in Iran came to be dominated by discourses on Iranian identity. A collective Iranian identity eme... Read More about Iranian Identity and Imperial State Formation ca. 1720–1750.

Ranis and Pardayats: Royal Marriages in Jodhpur-Marwar, CE 1707-1873 (2022)
Thesis
Ahlawat, D. Ranis and Pardayats: Royal Marriages in Jodhpur-Marwar, CE 1707-1873. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Matrimonial relations between Rajput kingdoms formed the basis of the regional polity in Rajputana since its formation. Colonial and colonial inspired historiography transformed the cultural complexities of these royal polygamous marriages into stere... Read More about Ranis and Pardayats: Royal Marriages in Jodhpur-Marwar, CE 1707-1873.

The Niẓām Shāhīs (2019)
Other
Fischel, R. S. (in press). 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.

Aḥmadnagar (2017)
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Fischel, R. S. (in press). 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.

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.

Bahmani Sultanate (2014)
Other
Fischel, R. S. (2014). Bahmani Sultanate. Oxford, UK