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‘Intirely the Kings Vassalls’ : East India Company gifting practices and Anglo-Mughal political exchange (c. 1670-1720)

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van Meersbergen, Guido (2020) ‘Intirely the Kings Vassalls’ : East India Company gifting practices and Anglo-Mughal political exchange (c. 1670-1720). Diplomatica, 2 (2). pp. 270-290. doi:10.1163/25891774-02020005 ISSN 2589-1766.

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Abstract

This article examines the role of gift exchanges in political relations between the East India Company and the Mughal imperial administration. Focusing on the period 1670–1720, it discusses the items selected for presentation, the occasions at which they changed hands, and the hierarchical relationships expressed and acknowledged through these transactions. It argues that in exchanges both with the central court and with provincial authorities, transfers of valuables in cash and kind between English and Indian actors were embedded in a wider imperial discourse regarding sovereignty and service. By acknowledging the continuum running from courtly engagements to everyday political interactions at local sites of power, a notion of Company diplomacy comes into view that straddled the boundaries between inter-polity relations and intra-imperial solicitation. As such, the case study invites us to rethink our notion of diplomacy as it pertained to relations between the English Company and Mughal state.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): East India Company -- History, Mogul Empire -- History, Diplomatic gifts -- South Asia -- History, Material culture -- Political aspects -- South Asia -- History
Journal or Publication Title: Diplomatica
Publisher: Brill
ISSN: 2589-1766
Official Date: 21 December 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
21 December 2020Published
29 June 2020Accepted
Volume: 2
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 270-290
DOI: 10.1163/25891774-02020005
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 7 July 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 21 December 2021
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ECF-2016-477Leverhulme Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000275
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