Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World

Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, she reveals a complex society where noble men and women negotiated their everyday life and public-political affairs. Combining Ottoman and Safavid histories, she demonstrates the richness as well as ambiguity of the Mughal haram, which was pivotal in the transition to institutionalization and imperial excellence.

Author: Ruby Lal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 10/31/2005
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780521615341

Review Citation(s):
New York Review of Books 11/22/2007 pg. 26

About the Author
Lal, Ruby: - Ruby Lal is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and History at the Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on issues of gender relations in Islamic societies in the pre-colonial world.

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