Prof. Shireen Moosvi

Books
1. People, Taxation and Trade in Mughal India, Oxford University, Press, 2008.
2. Episodes in the Life of Akbar Contemporary Records and Reminiscences, National Book Trust of India, 1994.Published in Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, being published in Malayalam, Bengali and 5 other Indian languages by National Book Trust of India.
3. Economy of the Mughal Empire - A Statistical Study, Oxford University Press, 1987.

 

Edited Work

1. Facets of the Revolt, Tulika, 2008. 2. Social Scientist, Special issue on Rebellion 1857, Vol. 26 nos 1-4, 1998, Delhi.
PAPERS:

 

A. Economic History
1. Economic Profile of the Punjab, 16th-17th centuries Precolonial and Colonial Punjab, ed. R. Grewal and S. Paul, Delhi, 2005. (Also published in Proceedings of the Punjab History Conference (Presidential Address), Thirty-fifth session, Patiala, 2003).
2. Domestic Service in Pre-Colonial India: Bondage, Caste and Market’ Modes of Domestic Service, ed. Suzy Pasleau, Munich, 2005 (also published in Domestic Service and the Formation of Identity, ed. A. Fauve-Chamoux, Munich, Germany, 2004).
3. Changing Economic Structures and Demographic Profiles of the Indian City c.1600-c.1900, Living in the City, ed. Eugenio Sonnino, Rome, 2004.
4. Monetary System and Price Movements: India and Iran’ Chapter 15 Section III, UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, eds. Adle and Habib, Vol.V Paris/London, 2003.
5. Agricultural and Non-agricultural Production’, Chapter 17, UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, eds. Adle and Habib, Paris/London, 2003.
6. Indian Bankers, The Dutch Company and Monetary Crisis in Iran in the 1680’ Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 63rd (Amritsar) Session, 2003.
7. Zamindars, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol.XI, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2002.
8. ‘Sharing the ‘Asiatic Mode’? India and Iran’, A Shared Heritage: The Growth of Civilizations in India and Iran, ed. Irfan Habib, Delhi, 2002.
9. The Mughal Agra: An Economic Profile’, Readings in Indian History, ed. A.K. Sinha, Delhi, 2002.
10. A note on Movement of Interest Rates in India 16th-18th Centuries’ History of Money and Banking in India, ed. A.K. Bagchi, Delhi, 2002.
11. Indian Economic Experience 1600-1900: A Quantitative Study’, The Making of History: Essays Presented to Irfan Habib, ed. K.N. Panikkar, T.J. Byres, U. Patnaik, Delhi, 2000.
12. Shipping and Navigation under Akbar’, PIHC, Diamond Jubilee (60th) Session, Calicut, 1999, Aligarh.
13. Trade in Mughal India’ Footprints of Enterprise — Indian Business Through the Ages, FICCI, OUP, Delhi, 1999.
14. Colonisation and Resistance in U.P. 1764-1857’ (Presidential Address to the 8th session of the U.P. History Congress), Proceedings of the U.P. History Congress, Gorakhpur, 2001.
15. An Estimate of Revenues of the Deccan Kingdoms, 159l’, Akbar and His India, ed. Irfan Habib, OUP, Delhi, 1997.
16. The Economic Change in India 1600-1900 — a long view’ , Economic Growth and Structural Change: Comparative Approaches over the Long Run on the Basis of Reconstructed National Accounts, ed., A. Maddison & H.Van der Wee, Italy 1994 (Presented at the Eleventh International Economic History Congress, Section 13B, Milan, 1994).
17. A Note on Medieval Indian Mode of Production’ Indian Mode of Production Debate ed. D.N. Gupta, Delhi, 1994.
18. Economic Change in the 17th Century - A Quantitative Approach’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Mysore, 1993 Session.
19. Mughal Shipping at Surat in the first half of the Seventeenth Century’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Calcutta, 1991. 20. ‘The Ports of Gujarat and their hinterland’, Port and Hinterland in India, 1700-1900, ed. J.S. Grewal, 1991.
21. Economy and Internal Commerce’, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leiden, The Netherlands, s.v. Mughal Empire, 1990.
22. Numismatic Evidence and the Economic History of the Delhi Sultanate’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Golden Jubilee Session, Gorakhpur, 1989.
23. The Gross National Product of the Mughal Empire, c.1600’, Indian Historical Review, XIII, nos.1-2, 1988.
24. The Silver Influx, Money Supply, Prices and Revenue Extraction in Mughal India’, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol.XXVIII, The Netherlands, 1987.
25. The Economy of Gujarat c.1600 - The Evidence of the A’in’s Statistics’, Essays in Medieval Indian Economy, ed. Satish Chandra, Delhi, 1987.
26. Expenditure on buildings under Shahjahan - a Chapter of Imperial Financial History’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 46th Session, Amritsar, 1985.
27. Scarcities, Prices and Exploitation: The Agrarian Crisis, 1658-70’, Studies in History, New Series, Vol.I, No.1, New Delhi, 1985.
28. The Mughal Empire and the Deccan - Economic Factors and Consequences’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 42nd Session, Kurukshetra, 1982.
29. Share of the Nobility in the Revenue of Akbar’s Empire’, Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol.XVII, No.3, 1980.
30. The Zamindars’ Share in the Peasant Surplus in the Mughal Empire - Evidence of the A’in-i Akbari’s Statistics’, Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol.IV, No.3, 1978.
31. Magnitude of Land-Revenue Demand and Income of the Mughal Ruling Class under Akbar’, Medieval India - A Miscellany, Vol.IV, 1977.
32. Note on Professor Alan Heston’s “Standard of Living in Akbar’s Time, A Comment’, Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol.XVI, No.3, 1977.
33. Suyurghal Statistics in the A’in-i-Akbari - a Satistical Study’, Indian Historical Review, Vol.II, No.2, 1976.
34. Weighted Price and Revenue Rate Indices in Eastern Rajasthan, (c.1665-1750)’, Indian Economic & Social History Review, Vol.XII, No.2, 1975 (Joint with S.P. Gupta).
35. Bhom in the Territories of Amber c.1650-1750’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Jabalpur Session, 1970, (Joint with S.P. Gupta).

 

B. Gender and Social History:
36. The Status of Women in India and Pakistan’ UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Vol.VI, eds. C. Adle and A. Tabyshalieva, Paris/London, 2005.
37. Women: India and Iran’, Chapter 14, Section II, UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, eds. Adle and Habib, Vol.V, Paris/London, 2003.
38. Social Structure — Sedantary Societies’, Chapter 14, Section I, UNESCO History of Civilizations of Central Asia, eds. Adle and Habib, Vol.V, Paris/London, 2003.
39. Work and Gender in Pre-Colonial India’ Socio-Economic Consequences of Sex-Ratio in Historical Prespective, eds., A. Fauve-Chamoux & S. Songer. Italy, 1994 (Presented at the Eleventh International Economic History Congress, Milan, Italy, Section B 4, 1994).
40. Travails of a mercantile community: aspects of social life at the port of Surat, earlier half of the 17th century’, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Delhi, 1992.

 

C. Demographic History:
41. Skilled Labour Migration in Pre-Colonial India from 16th to 18th Centuries’, Historical Diversities – Society, Politics and Culture, ed. K.L. Tuteja and S. Pathania, New Delhi, 2008, pp.125-139.
42. ‘Demographic Distribution and Change (Chapter 17), in History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture, Vol.VIII: Social History of Medieval India, ed. J.S. Grewal, OUP, Delhi, 2005.
43. Data on Mughal - Period Vital Statistics — A Preliminary Survey of Usable Information’ Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 58th Session, Bangalore, 1997, Aligarh, 1998.
44. De-industrializaion, Population Change and Migration in 19th Century India’, Indian Historical Review, No.16, 1993.
45. ‘Le Urbain Population du Pre-Colonial Continent Indien’, Annales De Demographic Historique, Paris, No.49, 1987. 46. ‘Urban Population in Pre-Colonial India’, Society and Ideology in India, ed. D.N. Jha, 1995. Presented at Second International Congress of Historical Demography, Paris, 4-6 June, 1987.
47. Une Estimation De La Population DE L’Inde En 1601′, Population, No.2, Paris, 1984.
48. Production, Consumption and Population in Akbar’s Time’, Indian Economic & Social History Review, Vol.X, No.2, 1973.

 

D. Administrative History:
49. The Pre-Colonial State’ (Presidential address, Section II: Medieval India), Proceedings Indian History Congress, 65th Session, 2005.
50. Formation of Provincial Administrative Structure under Akbar”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 57th Session, Chennai, 1996.
51. Aurangzeb’s Farman to Rasikdas’, Medieval India, ed. Irfan Habib, Vol.I, OUP, Delhi, 1992.
52. Todarmal’s original Memorandum on the Revenue Administration, March 1582′, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 49th session, Dharwad, 1988.
53. Administering Kashmir : An Imperial Edict of Shahjahan’, Aligarh Journal of Oriental Studies, Vol.III, No.2, 1986.
54. Evolution of Mansab-System under Akbar’, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, London, No.2, 1981.
55. Formulation of Land-Revenue Rates under Akbar’, Indian Historical Review, Vol.IV, No.2, 1978.

 

E. Ecology and Environment:
56. Forest in Medieval India’ History of Forestry in India Through the Ages, ed. A.K. Banerjee, Winrock International India, 2004.
57. Ecology, Population, Distribution and Settlement Pattern in Mughal India’, Man and Environment, XIV(I), 1989.
58. ‘Science and Superstition and under Akbar and Jahangir: The Observation of Astronomical Phenomena’, Akbar and His India, ed. Irfan Habib, OUP, Delhi, 1997.

 

F. Historiography:
59. ‘Making and Recording History- Akbar and the Akbarnama, Akbar and His Age, ed. I.A. Khan, Delhi, 1999.
60. “Open Door” in Indian Historiography’, (Presidential Address), Proceedings of the Andhra Pradesh History Congress, 21st Session, 1997.

 

Religious and Intellectual History
61. ‘Rebel Journalism: Delhi Urdu Akhbar, ‘May-September 1857’ The Great Revolt — A Left Apprisal, ed. Sitaram Yechuri, Delhi, 2008.
62. ‘The Road to Sulh-i Kul: Akbar’s Alienation from Theological Islam’, Religion in History, ed. I. Habib, Tulika, Delhi, 2006.
63. ‘The Mughal Encounter with Vedanta, Recovering the Biography of “Jadrup”, PIHC, Millennium, (61st) Session, 2000, Aligarh, 2001.
64. ‘A sixteenth-century code for Physicians’, History of Medicine and Disease in India, ed. Deepak Kumar, Delhi, 2001.
65. ’Problem of the History of Bengal under the Mughals’ (Presidential Address to the Paschim Banga Itihas Samsad 17th session), Journal of Historical Studies, Prof. Qeyamuddin Ahmad Commemoration Volume, No.5 & 6, 2001.
66. ‘Vrindavan — A Pilgrim Town of Mughal India’, Professor Radhey Shyam Commemoration Volume, ed., S.N. Rizvi, Gorakhpur, 2001.

 

Review Articles:
1. ‘Arif Qandahari, Tarikh-i Akbari, ed. T. Ahmad, Delhi, 1993, Akbar and His India, ed. Irfan Habib, OUP, Delhi, 1997.
2. Sukumar Ray, Bairam Khan, ed. M.H.A. Beg, Institute of Central and West Asian Studies, Karachi, 1992, Akbar and His India, ed. Irfan Habib, OUP, Delhi, 1997.
3. M.A. Farooqi, The Economic Policy of the Sultans of Delhi, Medieval India, ed. Irfan Habib, Vol.I, OUP, Delhi, 1992.
4. Ashin Das Gupta & M.N. Pearson (eds.), India and the Indian Ocean, Medieval India, Vol.I, 1992.
5. Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, Aspects of Rural Settlements and Rural Society in Early Medieval India, Medieval India, Vol. I, 1992.
6. The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India, ed., J.F. Richards, in Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1990.
7. D.E. Streusand, The Formation of the Mughal Empire, in Time Book Magazine, 1990.
8. B.D. Chattopadhya, Some Aspects of Early Medieval Society in Time Book Review, 1990.
9. Om Prakash, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal, 1630-1720, in Indian Historical Review, III, nos.1-2, 1988.
10. M.N. Pearson, Merchants and Rulers in Gujarat, Medieval India - A Miscellany, Vol.IV, 1975.