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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSanjay Subrahmanyam and Muzaffar Alam are two of the leading scholars in the world on Mughal history. Brought together in a single volume, their book offers a connected view of the political culture of Mughal India that is without doubt an immensely significant contribution to the field. The value of this book is vastly enhanced by the introduction, which picks up the major themes of Mughal history and comments on trends in scholarship, marking out the Alam-Subrahmanyam position in relation to other major researches on the subject. The range of languages and archives at their command is unparalleled. -- Partha Chatterjee, author of Empire and Nation: Selected Essays and Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Postcolonial Democracy This book is a landmark in the field. It is also a great pleasure to read. -- Francis Robinson Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Writing the Mughal World is a treasure of world history, a core addition to any collection looking to empower its selection on India and its neighbors. Midwest Book Review
