Cooperation and Cultural Adaption:

Bührer, Tanja

doi:10.2307/j.ctvw04b5r.7

Cooperation and Empire 2017

DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvw04b5r.7

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Cooperation and Cultural Adaption:

Tanja Bührer¹

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The Diplomatic Repertoires of the East India Companies in Mughal South Asia, 1608–1717

Meersbergen

2019

Hist. J.

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This article presents the first survey of the full range of diplomatic interactions between the Mughal Empire and the English and Dutch East India Companies (EIC and VOC) in the period 1608–1717. It proposes a typology of the six different modes of diplomacy practised by the EIC and VOC as a means to understand better the distinct nature of corporate diplomacy. Moving its focus beyond exceptional embassies, this article demonstrates that by far the most common forms of Company diplomatic activity consisted of low-profile petitioning at the imperial centre and ongoing political interactions with provincial and local power-holders. It draws on c. fifty distinct episodes to chart how Dutch and English diplomatic repertoires in South Asia took shape in response to local demands and conventions. Both Companies petitioned Mughal emperors in much the same way as Indian subjects did, and both relied on Mughal patrons to do so. Cast in the role of supplicants seeking imperial favour and protection, Company envoys presented themselves as obliging participants in the ceremonial performance of an asymmetrical relationship. By tying commercial privileges to expectations of submission and service, the imperial government proceeded to incorporate these foreign actors into a domestic political framework.

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The Diplomatic Repertoires of the East India Companies in Mughal South Asia, 1608–1717

Meersbergen

2019

Hist. J.

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