{"product_id":"badshah-bandar-bazaar","title":"Badshah, Bandar, Bazaar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBadshah, Bandar, Bazaar: Commerce and Everyday Life in the Mughal World\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jagjeet Lally examines the Mughal Empire through the people who participated in its economic and social life rather than focusing primarily on emperors and royal courts. Merchants, bankers, moneylenders, artisans, middlemen, farmers, and other ordinary people take centre stage in this account of commerce, markets, and everyday life in early modern South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy examining trade, expanding market relationships, and changing patterns of consumption, the book considers how economic activity influenced society and contributed to the transformation of the Mughal world. It also explores how commercial change affected attitudes towards wealth and business, including discussions within Sikh and Sufi religious traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eJagjeet Lally presents Mughal history from the perspective of economic and social activity on the ground. Historical figures involved in finance, trade, craftsmanship, agriculture, and commerce illustrate how people beyond the imperial court could influence political and economic developments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book follows the effects of expanding trade networks and market relations on different parts of society. Cities such as Delhi and Surat, rural communities, marketplaces, ports, religious gatherings, and legal disputes provide settings for understanding how commerce became intertwined with everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlongside economic activity, Lally considers changing ideas about business, property, wealth, and morality. The relationship between commercial life and religious thought is examined through the teachings and concerns associated with Sikh Gurus and Sufi sayyids, placing economic change within a wider social and cultural context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhat You'll Discover\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe economic roles of merchants, bankers, moneylenders, artisans, and middlemen.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow markets and commercial relationships influenced everyday life.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe importance of Delhi, Surat, bazaars, ports, and rural communities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe expansion of trade networks and changing patterns of globalization.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConnections between commerce, wealth, morality, property, and religion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe influence of economic change on Sikh and Sufi religious thought.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow ordinary people contributed to the Mughal Empire's development and decline.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders interested in Mughal and Indian history.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudents and readers of South Asian studies.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders interested in economic and social history.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThose interested in global trade and early modern commerce.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReaders of historical nonfiction focused on everyday life and society.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Book\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eBadshah, Bandar, Bazaar offers a people-centred way to understand the Mughal world by connecting commerce and everyday activity with wider historical change. Its focus on traders, financiers, artisans, communities, religious thinkers, and other participants in economic life provides a broader view of how society and markets interacted with the rise and eventual decline of the Mughal Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jagjeet Lally","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54604191301907,"sku":"BY13.5740","price":380.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandyou.in\/products\/badshah-bandar-bazaar","provider":"Books and You","version":"1.0","type":"link"}