A Short Historical Narrative of the Rise and Rapid Advancement of the Mahrattah State: To the Present Strength and Consequence It Has Acquired in the

by James Kerr

Book Overview

James Kerr, a captain in the East India Company, translated this Persian text on the history of the Marathas in India. Published in 1782, it was one of the first English works to appear on the subject. Its content was compiled for Kerr by a Hindustani using Persian manuscripts and oral tradition. The Marathas had replaced the Mughal emperors as controllers of a large part of the sub-continent by the beginning of the eighteenth century, and it was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108027040
• ISBN13: 9781108027045
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"