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Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos provides a framework for preserving and rein- vigorating monograph publishing for the future and increases the reach and visibility of important scholarly work. Titles published in the UC Press Luminos model are published with the same high standards for selection, peer review, production, and marketing as those in our traditional program. www.luminosoa.org The Persianate World The Persianate World The Frontiers of a Eurasian Lingua Franca Edited by Nile Green UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Oakland, California © 2019 by Nile Green Suggested citation: Green, Nile (ed.). The Persianate World: The Frontiers of a Eurasian Lingua Franca. Oakland: University of California Press, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.64 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Green, Nile, editor. Title: The Persianate world : the frontiers of a Eurasian lingua franca / edited by Nile Green. Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons [CC-BY-NC-ND] license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018044520 (print) | LCCN 2018050251 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520972100 () | ISBN 9780520300927 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Persian language—History. | Lingua francas—Eurasia. Classification: LCC PK6225 (ebook) | LCC PK6225 .P48 2019 (print) | DDC 491/.5509—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018044520 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Dedicated to the memory of Marshall G. S. Hodgson (1922–68) on the fiftieth anniversary of his death Contents List of Maps and Illustrations ix A Note on Transliteration xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Frontiers of the Persianate World (ca. 800–1900) 1 Nile Green Part I. Pan-Eurasian Expansions, ca. 1400–1600 1. Imperial Ambitions, Mystical Aspirations: Persian Learning in the Ottoman World 75 Murat Umut Inan 2. Persian at the Court or in the Village? The Elusive Presence of Persian in Bengal 93 Thibaut d’Hubert 3. The Uses of Persian in Imperial China: Translating Practices at the Ming Court 113 Graeme Ford 4. Persian and Turkic from Kazan to Tobolsk: Literary Frontiers in Muslim Inner Asia 131 Devin DeWeese Part II. The Constraints of Cosmopolitanism, ca. 1600–1800 5. Marking Boundaries and Building Bridges: Persian Scholarly Networks in Mughal Punjab 159 Purnima Dhavan 6. A Lingua Franca in Decline? The Place of Persian in Qing China 175 David Brophy
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