Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 84
... religious discursive practice that had feminine elements . The post - Mughal successor state of Awadh , between Delhi and Ben- ! gal , and ruled by the Iranian Nishapuri dynasty , is a promising venue for such a study , since a number ...
... religious discursive practice that had feminine elements . The post - Mughal successor state of Awadh , between Delhi and Ben- ! gal , and ruled by the Iranian Nishapuri dynasty , is a promising venue for such a study , since a number ...
Page 89
... religious virtuosi at- tempted to imitate Badshah Begum's religious style by dressing in female clothing and symbolically acting out female life - cycle rituals on the plane of Shi'ite sacred history . The authority of aristocratic ...
... religious virtuosi at- tempted to imitate Badshah Begum's religious style by dressing in female clothing and symbolically acting out female life - cycle rituals on the plane of Shi'ite sacred history . The authority of aristocratic ...
Page 129
... ( religious decrees ) , on imposing a moral and religious code consistent with Quranic injunctions and free of accretions and interpolations . Not surprisingly , over 200 books listed in London's India Office Library Catalogue , compiled ...
... ( religious decrees ) , on imposing a moral and religious code consistent with Quranic injunctions and free of accretions and interpolations . Not surprisingly , over 200 books listed in London's India Office Library Catalogue , compiled ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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