Road to Empire

The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs in the Late 1600s

AvSatnam Singh

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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From the late seventeenth century to the late eighteenth century, the Sikh community transformed from a relatively insignificant religious minority to an elevated position of kingship and empire. Under the leadership of Guru Gobind Singh (1661–1708), Sikh elites and peasants began to align themselves with discourses of power and authority, and within a few decades Khalsa Sikh warriors conquered some of the wealthiest provinces of the Mughal and Afghan empires. In this book, Satnam Singh argues that the Sikhs’ increasing self-assertion was not simply a reaction to Mughal persecution but also a result of an active program initiated by the Guru to pursue larger visions of scholarship, conquest, and political sovereignty. Using a vast trove of understudied court literature, Singh shows how Sikhs grappled with Indo-Islamic traditions to forge their own unique ideas of governance and kingship with the aim to establish an independent Sikh polity. The Road to Empire offers an impressive intellectual history of the early modern Sikh world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-10-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt:635 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:346
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520399372

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Satnam Singh is a senior consultant to Danish authorities and has worked professionally for more than a decade to prevent political extremism and honor-related violence against women.

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ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Significant Events Introduction: Power, Literature, and Political Ideas PART I. INTELLECTUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS1. Sikh Tradition and Rajniti 2. The Anandpur Library 3. Oceans of Knowledge 4. Institutional Context of the Dasam Granth Sahib PART II. POLITICIZATION OF THE SIKH CHARACTER 5. Teaching Statesmanship through Fables and Erotic Stories 6. Balancing Lofty Ideals and Pragmatism 7. The Guru’s Political Objectives PART III. POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE KHALSA 8. Combining Rajniti and Rahit 9. From Translators to Political Thinkers PART IV. ROAD TO KINGSHIP AND EMPIRE10. The Sikh Raj of Anandpur (ca. 1684–1704) 11. The Khalsa’s Raj around Mukhlispur (ca. 1710–1716) 12. Punjab under the Rule of Khalsa Rajas (1765–1799) Conclusion: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs Appendix: Literature in the Anandpur Library Notes Glossary ReferencesIndex