Common People and the Founding of the Mughal Empire Timurid Practices of Wartime Justice and Tyranny over Local Populaces, 1494-1556 |
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| Author:
| Kuang, Shuntu |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4826-2050-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $31.00 |
Book Description:
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This project studies the wartime treatment of commoners by Babur (r. 1494-1530) and Humayun (r. 1530-1556) during their founding of the Mughal Empire. Originally conceived as a question of military logistics, i.e., how did these two Timurid conquerors supply their armies, it expanded into a question of kingship, i.e., how did they treat the local populaces who produced the supplies, especially food, that the soldiers needed in the campaigns across Central and South Asia.
This project studies the wartime treatment of commoners by Babur (r. 1494-1530) and Humayun (r. 1530-1556) during their founding of the Mughal Empire. Originally conceived as a question of military logistics, i.e., how did these two Timurid conquerors supply their armies, it expanded into a question of kingship, i.e., how did they treat the local populaces who produced the supplies, especially food, that the soldiers needed in the campaigns across Central and South Asia.