Bringing together archival research and literary analysis, this microhistorical study explores the decline of the Mughal empire through the life of petty Mughal official Abdul Jalil Bilgrami as he navigated uncertainty amid the shifting currents of imperial power.
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Prologue: From the Margins 1. The Making of a Petty Official 2. The Poet at Frontier, the Poet at Court 3. The Letter-Writer's World 4. The Poet at Home 5. Living the Decline. Epilogue: Abdul Jalil's Representativity