The Emperor Jahangir And The Pursuit Of Pleasure

摘要

The Mughal emperors of India were remarkably mobile kings, inspiring modern historians to describe their imperial court culture as 'peripatetic'.1 While the Mughals were not immune to the impulse to construct massive urban architect, no Mughal city, no matter how splendid, innovative, accessible or enlightened, remained the imperial centre for long. Through generations of Mughal rule in India, the political relevance of Mughal imperial cities continued to be very limited; it was physical mobility which remained at the centre of Mughal imperial court life and, for much of the Mughal period, the imperial court was encapsulated in the physical presence of the king.