eprintid: 10064836
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creators_name: Lally, J
title: Beyond 'Tribal Breakout': Afghans in the History of Empire, ca. 1747–1818
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
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abstract: The narrative of 'Tribal Breakout' has allowed world historians to avoid narratives of the 'decline of the East' and the 'rise of the West'—but only by casting Afghans as tribals whose incursions destabilized the Asian empires. This essay seeks to retrieve the constructive agency of Afghans during the so-called 'colonial transition' in South Asia. Their seizure of plunder was disbursed via the patronage of commercial groups, while careful economic management even led to economic expansion in a manner typical of some eighteenth-century states, thereby lubricating long-distance trade between south and central Asia. This was part of a process of Afghan state formation rooted in developments within the Mughal Empire, was typical of a process of imperial expansion evident in the histories of other empires, such as the Mughals, Ottomans, and Qing, and, thus, yields much to scholars interested in the patterns and processes of early-modern empires in general.
date: 2018-09-01
date_type: published
publisher: University of Hawaii Press
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2018.0035
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 1617247
doi: 10.1353/jwh.2018.0035
lyricists_name: Lally, Jagjeet
lyricists_id: JLALL68
actors_name: Lally, Jagjeet
actors_id: JLALL68
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of World History
volume: 29
number: 3
pagerange: 369-397
issn: 1045-6007
citation:        Lally, J;      (2018)    Beyond 'Tribal Breakout': Afghans in the History of Empire, ca. 1747–1818.                   Journal of World History , 29  (3)   pp. 369-397.    10.1353/jwh.2018.0035 <https://doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2018.0035>.       Green open access   
 
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