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Flatt</span></a></div><div><span dir=ltr>Cambridge University Press</span>, <span dir=ltr>18 Jul 2019</span> - <a class="secondary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22Biography+%26+Autobiography%22&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0"><span dir=ltr>Biography & Autobiography</span></a> - <span dir=ltr>318 pages</span></div></div><div id=synopsis><div id=synopsis-window><div id=synopsistext dir=ltr class="sa">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 multifaceted trans-regional networks - mercantile, kinship, friendship and intellectual - to move across the Persian-speaking world and to find employment at the Deccan courts. This movement, Emma J. Flatt argues, was facilitated by the existence of a shared courtly disposition. Engagement in courtly skills such as letter-writing, perfume-making, astrological divination, performing magic, sword-fighting and wrestling thus became a route to both worldly success and ethical refinement. Using a diverse range of treatises, chronicles, poetry and letters, Flatt unpicks the ways this challenged networks of acceptable behaviour and knowledge in the Indo-Islamicate courtly world - and challenges the idea of perpetual hostility between Islam and Hinduism in Indian history.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"><form action=/books id=search_form style="margin:0px;padding:0px;" method=get> <input type=hidden name="id" value="HDGdDwAAQBAJ"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 class="swv-table"><tr><td class="swv-td-search"><span><input id=search_form_input type=text maxlength=1024 class="text_flat swv-input-search" aria-label="Search in this book" name=q value="" title="Search inside" accesskey=i></span></td><td class="swv-td-space"><div> </div></td><td><input type=submit value="Search inside"></td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript">if (window['_OC_autoDir']) {_OC_autoDir('search_form_input');}</script></form><div id="preview-link"><a 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class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The Court Courtiers and Courtly Societies </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>10</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>The Persianate and the Persian Cosmopolis Structure of the Book 17 </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>17</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Courtly Disposition </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>31</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Networks Patrons and Friends </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>74</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Courts Merchants and Commodities </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>120</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr></table></div></div><div class="second_toc_column"><div class="second_toc_pad"><table><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Scribal Skills </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>167</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Esoteric Skills </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>210</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Martial Skills </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>268</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Concluding Remarks </span></span></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>303</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA311&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2" ><span title="Index " style="white-space:nowrap"><span dir=ltr>Index </span></span></a></div></td><td class="toc_number" align=right>311</td></tr><tr><td class="toc_border"> </td><td class="toc_border"></td></tr><tr><td class="toc_entry"><div class="toc_entry"><a class="primary" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&printsec=copyright" ><span title="Copyright" 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href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=al-Din&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>al-Din</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Ali+Adil+Shah&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Ali Adil Shah</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Arabic&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Arabic</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=argued&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>argued</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Asad+Khan&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>Asad Khan</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=astrology&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>astrology</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Aubin&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>Aubin</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Bahmani+court&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>Bahmani court</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Bahmani+sultanate&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Bahmani sultanate</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Bidar&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Bidar</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Bijapur&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Bijapur</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=bodily&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>bodily</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=body&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>body</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=century&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>century</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=chakram&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud1"><span dir=ltr>chakram</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=chapter&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud6"><span dir=ltr>chapter</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Chester+Beatty+Library&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Chester Beatty Library</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=contemporary&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>contemporary</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=courtiers&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>courtiers</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=courtly+culture&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>courtly culture</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=courtly+disposition&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>courtly disposition</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=courtly+society&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud5"><span dir=ltr>courtly society</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Deccan&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud0"><span dir=ltr>Deccan</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Deccan+sultanates&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Deccan sultanates</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Delhi&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud4"><span dir=ltr>Delhi</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=Delhi+sultanate&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud3"><span dir=ltr>Delhi sultanate</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=discussion&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud8"><span dir=ltr>discussion</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=EI2+online+accessed&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>EI2 online accessed</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=elite&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>elite</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=emphasise&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud9"><span dir=ltr>emphasise</span></a> <a href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=HDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=esoteric+sciences&source=gbs_word_cloud_r&cad=4" class="cloud7"><span dir=ltr>esoteric sciences</span></a> <a 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Flatt is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. </div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>The Courts of the Deccan Sultanates: Living Well in the Persian Cosmopolis</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Author</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Emma+J.+Flatt%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=6"><span dir=ltr>Emma J. Flatt</span></a></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Edition</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>illustrated, reprint</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Publisher</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Cambridge University Press, 2019</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>ISBN</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>1108481930, 9781108481939</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Length</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>318 pages</span></td></tr><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label"><span dir=ltr>Subjects</span></td><td class="metadata_value"><div style="display:inline" itemscope itemtype="http://data-vocabulary.org/Breadcrumb"><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=subject:%22History%22" itemprop="url" 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