Ziyā Baranī's Vision of the State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12319768 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irfan Habib (0009-0001-0140-2920, Aligarh Muslim University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-36 |
| Publication date | 1999-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Medieval History Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-9458 • E-ISSN: 0973-0753 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/097194589900200102 |
| OpenAlex | W2125476674 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Ziyā Barani, born in a family of scholars and petty officials, had risen to be confidant of Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq of Delhi (r. A.D. 1324- 1351), only to spend the last few years of life in abject poverty. In these years he wrote his most important historical texts, with a clear perspec tive of what the state should do: it should govern through the exercise of pomp, preserve the exclusiveness of the ruling class by barring admit tance to any low-born persons, Muslim or Hindu, and avoid the com pany of rationalists. Within the ruling class, Baranī advocates restraint in the use of violence, aware that it results in cyclic displacement of noble families and dynasties, and undermines the stability of the state. He was sad that real history often defied his perspective
Art · Class (philosophy · Epistemology · Hinduism · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · State (computer science · Visual arts · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |