Women, Wealth and the State in Early Colonial India

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Women, Wealth and the State in Early Colonial India

The Begams of Awadh

Abbott, Nicholas J

Edinburgh University Press

04/2026

312

Mole

Inglês

9781399526470

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Note on Translation and Transliteration
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Map of Awadh and British India, c. 1856
Map of Awadh Region
Awadh Dynasty Genealogical Chart

Introduction: Gender, Language and the State in Early Colonial India
1. Women, Households and State-Making, c. 1650-1765
2. Consolidating 'the Sarkar' in Awadh, 1765-75
3. Contesting the Begam, Contesting the State, 1775-98
4. Bahu Begam's Will and 'the Rights of the State,' 1798-1815
5. Queen Mothers, Wasiqadar Wives and the Rhetoric of Annexation, c. 1815-50
Conclusion and Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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Awadh; British Empire; early colonial India; gender history; India; Mughal Empire; Persianate world; state formation; women in the Islamic world