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## Abstract This chapter views Mughal authority from below, in terms of the entangled relations between the state and social forces. It looks at the state as an activity, ceaselessly reproducing itself in and through complex layers of relations with the local power relations. Looking at the state from the vantage point of the localities, it argues that the state was largely undifferentiated from the networks of social relations. State–society relations were molded by the use of pen and paper, but scribal literacy was intertwined with oral tradition and performative practices. Literacy was not just an instrument of state control, but was also appropriated by social actors to participate in the rule structure. The ordinary subjects negotiated with the state, and incessantly modified the system of rule through such devices as petitions, complaints, handbills, etc. that were routinely presented at the local qazi’s courts.

Author

Farhat Hasan

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780190222642