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Beyond 'Tribal Breakout': Afghans in the History of Empire, ca. 1747–1818
Journal of World History Pub Date : 2018-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/jwh.2018.0035
Jagjeet Lally

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.

中文翻译:

超越“部落突围”:帝国历史中的阿富汗人,约。1747–1818 年

摘要:“部落突围”的叙事让世界历史学家避免了“东方没落”和“西方崛起”的叙事——而只是将阿富汗人塑造成部落,他们的入侵破坏了亚洲帝国的稳定。本文旨在找回在南亚所谓的“殖民过渡”期间阿富汗人的建设性力量。他们夺取的掠夺品是通过商业团体的赞助支付的,而谨慎的经济管理甚至以某些 18 世纪国家的典型方式导致经济扩张,从而润滑了南亚和中亚之间的长途贸易。这是植根于莫卧儿帝国内部发展的阿富汗国家形成过程的一部分,是其他帝国历史中明显的帝国扩张过程的典型代表,
更新日期:2018-01-01
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