Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.
Contents:
Petitioning, taxation and law in eighteenth century Bengal : the context for empire -- Recasting Mughal law : company justice after 1772 -- Zamindari succession disputes and persianate Hindu law -- 'At the Durbar' in Calcutta : Banians, revenue farming, and the politics of landed debt -- A Jagirdar's lament : an Indo-Persian historian's appeal to the British Empire -- Conclusion : the making and remaking of a colonial judicial state (c.1780-1793).
Summary:
"This book shows how British empire-builders in eighteenth century India co-opted and transformed Mughal practices of doing justice to petitioning subjects. Drawing on English and Persian sources, it explores the judicial mechanisms behind colonial state-building, revealing how the British attempted to ground their empire on a reconstituted version of Mughal law"-- Provided by publisher.
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