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INTELLECTUAL RELATIONS AND THE RENEWAL OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN IRAN AND MUSLIM INDIA DURING THE MODERN PERIOD (1500-1900), Téhéran : Iran, République Islamique D' (2007)

Jahāngīr et son frère Šāh 'Abbās : compétition et circulation entre deux puissances de l'Asie musulmane de la première modernité

Corinne Lefèvre 1

(2010)

Since the time of Bābur, the Safavids--rather than the Ottomans or the Uzbeks--were the dynasty with which the Mughals were the most closely connected. Right from the beginning, this relationship went side by side with a strong territorial and ideological rivalry. Competition with the Mughals thus played an important role in the new ideological formulas elaborated during the reign of Shāh 'Abbās (1587-1629). Whatever the intensity of this rivalry, it never acted as an impediment to the circulation of goods, people, or ideas between the two poles. As a matter of fact, the migration of Iranian elites into Mughal India crucially informed the shaping of Mughal culture and state. This was especially the case under Jahāngīr (1605-1627) whose reign is generally associated with Iranian administrative hegemony. While the iranophily of the "world conqueror" has often been deemed a sign of political weakness, it is here examined under a new light.

1:	Centre d'Études de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS)
	CNRS : UMR8564 – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS]

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Humanities and Social Sciences/History

Keyword(s): Inde – Moghols – Iran – Safavides – relations interrégionales – élites

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