The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s12.7
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s12.7
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30\. A well-known example is the career of Mir Jumla, who started out as a self-made merchant, became a powerful minister of Golconda, and went over to the Mughal side as a high-ranking *mansabdār* (Manucci, *Storia do Mogor*, trans. W. Irvine [London, 1907–8], 1: 231). His official position seems to have been closely tied in with his extensive commercial operations.