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批次0012-049：莫卧儿帝国的波斯化行政与文化融合

The Mughal rulers adopted Persian as their court language and modeled administration on Safavid and Timurid precedents.
Persian secretaries, accountants, and historians managed revenue, justice, and imperial chronicles across northern India.
Local Hindu elites collaborated within this framework, serving as zamindars and military commanders under Mughal oversight.
Artistic patronage blended Persian calligraphy, Indian miniature painting, and Central Asian architectural forms.
Akbar’s Din-i Ilahi reflected attempts to synthesize Islamic, Hindu, Zoroastrian, and Christian ideas for imperial unity.
Revenue systems like the zabt measured land yields precisely, enabling predictable taxation without disrupting village autonomy.
This administrative flexibility allowed the empire to integrate diverse regions while maintaining centralized command.
Sanskrit and regional languages coexisted with Persian in legal and literary spheres, enriching multilingual scholarship.
The synthesis declined after Aurangzeb’s narrower religious policies, yet its legacy shaped Indo-Islamic civilization.
Mughal governance proved how hybrid institutions could sustain multiethnic empires for over two centuries.