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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Valdinoci, Mauro

Titel

Sunil Kumar. The Ignored Elites: Turks, Mongols and a Persian Secretarial Class in the Early Delhi Sultanate

Ist Teil von

• Abstracta iranica, 2013-12 (Volume 32-33)

Ort / Verlag

CNRS (UMR 7528 Mondes iraniens et indiens)

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The first part of this article discusses both the recruitment of frontiersmen by Delhi sultans to guard the Punjab from Mongol armies and the periodic seizure of power by frontier commanders. The second part explores the social and cultural backgrounds of these commanders. An analysis of Persian historical accounts from the period show that they ignored or misrepresented key characteristics of the Delhi sultans. According to the author, research on the objectives and prejudices of the Persian...