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Yet another example of the value of primary sources, whose study and publication must be the first duty of professional historians.
And it's hard and often unsung work.«"My whole experience of working with the akhbarat has been one big eureka moment after another!," Faruqui [a historian of Mughal India] told me. "It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".
The news reports Faruqui studied were written for the Raja of Jaipur. Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.
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With no index and tens of thousands of entries, the archive demands patience, stamina and a willingness to read page after page in search of patterns and relevant information.
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Early in his career, [Faruqui] spent seven frustrating weeks wrestling with another vast Mughal archive before abandoning it. The experience left him wary of sprawling, unindexed collections for nearly a decade.»BBC article:
Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dy5y3y2g3o>#Archives
#History
#InformationNetworks
#InformationStructures
#PrimarySources -
Yet another example of the value of primary sources, whose study and publication must be the first duty of professional historians.
And it's hard and often unsung work.«"My whole experience of working with the akhbarat has been one big eureka moment after another!," Faruqui [a historian of Mughal India] told me. "It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".
The news reports Faruqui studied were written for the Raja of Jaipur. Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.
...
With no index and tens of thousands of entries, the archive demands patience, stamina and a willingness to read page after page in search of patterns and relevant information.
...
Early in his career, [Faruqui] spent seven frustrating weeks wrestling with another vast Mughal archive before abandoning it. The experience left him wary of sprawling, unindexed collections for nearly a decade.»BBC article:
Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dy5y3y2g3o>#Archives
#History
#InformationNetworks
#InformationStructures
#PrimarySources -
Yet another example of the value of primary sources, whose study and publication must be the first duty of professional historians.
And it's hard and often unsung work.«"My whole experience of working with the akhbarat has been one big eureka moment after another!," Faruqui [a historian of Mughal India] told me. "It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".
The news reports Faruqui studied were written for the Raja of Jaipur. Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.
...
With no index and tens of thousands of entries, the archive demands patience, stamina and a willingness to read page after page in search of patterns and relevant information.
...
Early in his career, [Faruqui] spent seven frustrating weeks wrestling with another vast Mughal archive before abandoning it. The experience left him wary of sprawling, unindexed collections for nearly a decade.»BBC article:
Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dy5y3y2g3o>#Archives
#History
#InformationNetworks
#InformationStructures
#PrimarySources -
Yet another example of the value of primary sources, whose study and publication must be the first duty of professional historians.
And it's hard and often unsung work.«"My whole experience of working with the akhbarat has been one big eureka moment after another!," Faruqui [a historian of Mughal India] told me. "It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".
The news reports Faruqui studied were written for the Raja of Jaipur. Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.
...
With no index and tens of thousands of entries, the archive demands patience, stamina and a willingness to read page after page in search of patterns and relevant information.
...
Early in his career, [Faruqui] spent seven frustrating weeks wrestling with another vast Mughal archive before abandoning it. The experience left him wary of sprawling, unindexed collections for nearly a decade.»BBC article:
Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dy5y3y2g3o>#Archives
#History
#InformationNetworks
#InformationStructures
#PrimarySources -
Yet another example of the value of primary sources, whose study and publication must be the first duty of professional historians.
And it's hard and often unsung work.«"My whole experience of working with the akhbarat has been one big eureka moment after another!," Faruqui [a historian of Mughal India] told me. "It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".
The news reports Faruqui studied were written for the Raja of Jaipur. Hundreds of other nobles, princes and officials likely received similar reports from agents across the empire, forming one of the early modern world's most sophisticated information networks.
...
With no index and tens of thousands of entries, the archive demands patience, stamina and a willingness to read page after page in search of patterns and relevant information.
...
Early in his career, [Faruqui] spent seven frustrating weeks wrestling with another vast Mughal archive before abandoning it. The experience left him wary of sprawling, unindexed collections for nearly a decade.»BBC article:
Aurangzeb's akhbarat: The empire that ran on news reports - and what they reveal about Mughal India
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dy5y3y2g3o>#Archives
#History
#InformationNetworks
#InformationStructures
#PrimarySources