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"Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or Munshi, Chandar Bhan 'Brahman' (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian poets and prose stylists of early modern South Asia. Chandar Bhan's life spanned the reigns of four different emperors, Akbar (1556-1605), Jahangir (1605-1627), Shah Jahan (1628-1658), and Aurangzeb 'Alamgir (1658-1707), the last of the 'Great Mughals' whose courts dominated the culture and politics of the subcontinent at the height of the empire's power, territorial reach, and global influence"--Provided by publisher.

Authors, Indic --- Secretaries --- Indic authors --- Persian literature --- Indo-Iranian Languages & Literatures --- Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- History and criticism. --- Brāhman, Candar Bhān, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Mogul Empire --- History --- Pakistani literature --- White collar workers --- Administrative assistants --- Receptionists --- Candar Bhān Brāhman, --- Brahman, Chander Bhan, --- Brahman, Chandar Bahān, --- Brahman, Chandra Bhan, --- براهمن، چندر بهان, --- برهمن، چندر بهان, --- Moghul Empire --- Mughal Empire --- Mugala Empire --- History of Asia --- Brahman, Candar Bhan --- South Asia --- Chandar Bhān Barahman, --- akbar. --- asia. --- aurangzeb alamgir. --- biography. --- brahman. --- caste. --- chandar bhan. --- classics. --- courtier. --- cultural history. --- great mughals. --- hindu. --- hinduism. --- history. --- identity. --- india. --- indopersian. --- islam. --- jahangir. --- literature. --- middle eastern. --- mughal court. --- mughal. --- munshi. --- muslim monarchs. --- nonfiction. --- persian poets. --- political history. --- religious identity. --- religious pluralism. --- religious tolerance. --- royal court. --- self fashioning. --- shah jahan. --- south asia. --- taj mahal. --- world literature.

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A leading scholar in early twentieth-century India, Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1870-1958) was knighted in 1929 and became the first Indian historian to gain honorary membership in the American Historical Association. By the end of his lifetime, however, he had been marginalized by the Indian history establishment, as postcolonial historians embraced alternative approaches in the name of democracy and anti-colonialism. The Calling of History examines Sarkar's career-and poignant obsolescence-as a way into larger questions about the discipline of history and its public life. Through close readings of more than twelve hundred letters to and from Sarkar along with other archival documents, Dipesh Chakrabarty demonstrates that historians in colonial India formulated the basic concepts and practices of the field via vigorous-and at times bitter and hurtful-debates in the public sphere. He furthermore shows that because of its non-technical nature, the discipline as a whole remains susceptible to pressure from both the public and the academy even today. Methodological debates and the changing reputations of scholars like Sarkar, he argues, must therefore be understood within the specific contexts in which particular histories are written. Insightful and with far-reaching implications for all historians, The Calling of History offers a valuable look at the double life of history and how tensions between its public and private sides played out in a major scholar's career.

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