Foreign relations and semi-modernization during the reigns of Haidar ‘Ali and Tipu Sultan

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ID12533701
AuthorsKaveh Yazdani (0000-0003-0573-5412, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue3
Pages394-409
Publication date2016-11-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1353-0194 • E-ISSN: 1469-3542
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13530194.2016.1262243
OpenAlexW2557464071
LanguageEN
Citations received5

It was during the reigns of the late-eighteenth-century rulers of Mysore, Haidar ‘Ali (r.1761–82) and Tipu Sultan (r.1782–99), that one of the earliest efforts of semi-modernization in the regions of West, Central and South Asia, as well as North Africa was taking place. Some scholars have described Haidar and Tipu as premodern rulers, but continuity and tradition do not fully explain Mysore’s transitional character, which was embodied in these rulers’ reforms. Their encounter with European powers convinced and compelled them that a transformation of state and society was the most promising means to resist colonization and remain independent. The following will inquire into Mysore’s late-eighteenth-century foreign relations and recruitment of foreign artisans. It will be intended to assert that neither can these efforts be exclusively understood in terms of tradition nor do they reflect the minds of modern rulers. Instead, they manifest a historical juncture that was neither dominantly traditional nor modern, but resided in a transitory phase

Ancient history · Central asia · Character (mathematics · Modernization theory · Political science · State (computer science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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