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020			_a9781108741644
040			_aRCL
082	0	0	_a954.80245 F45C
100	1		_aFlatt, Emma J., _925173
245	1	4	_aThe Courts of the Deccan Sultanates : _bLiving Well in the Persian Cosmopolis _c/Emma J. Flatt.
260			_aNew York: _bCambridge University of Press, _c2020.
300			_axix, 318p. 22cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Cosmopolitanism, courtliness and ethics in the Deccani sultanates -- Courtly disposition -- Networks, patrons and friends -- Courts, merchants and commodities -- Scribal skills -- Esoteric skills -- Martial skills.
520			_a"The Courts of the Deccan Sultanates In the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, courtliness was crucial to the political and cultural life of the Deccan. Divided between six states competing for territory, resources, and skills, the medieval and early modern Deccan was a region of striking ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity. People used multi-faceted trans-regional networks--mercantile, kinship, friendship and intellectual--to move across the Persian-speaking world and to find employment at the Deccan courts"--
546			_aEnglish
650		0	_aSultans _925174
650		0	_aCosmopolitanism _925175
650		0	_aEthics
650		0	_aSocial networks _925176
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