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The Sky Poured Down Candy Microhistorical Reflections on the Life and Times of a Petty Mughal Official, c. 1700–1730
By Riya Gupta
Copyright 2026
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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Bringing together archival research and literary analysis, this microhistorical study explores the decline of the Mughal empire through the life of a petty Mughal official Abdul Jalil Bilgrami as he navigated uncertainty amid the shifting currents of imperial power.
Illuminating the everyday realities of a fading dynasty on the Indian subcontinent, the book offers a deeply personal lens... Read more
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
Biography
Riya Gupta is an independent researcher with a doctorate in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. She is currently a research consultant at the INTACH Heritage Academy, India, and holds the position of Associate Editor for the INTACH Journal of Heritage Studies.
