[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985) › c19.s12.7 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s12.7) 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. - [Previous: c19.s12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s12.6) - [Next: c19.s12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s12.8) - [Up: c19.s12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.heesterman-1985.c19.s12.7) · Pramāṇa