Literary notes about mogul (AI summary)
The term “mogul” in literature functions as a multifaceted symbol that blends historical gravitas with cultural lore. In historical narratives, it denotes the imperial majesty of rulers in India—as seen in accounts that refer to the Great Mogul with reverence for his power and lineage ([1], [2], [3], [4])—while simultaneously lending an air of exotic authority to political and military exploits ([5], [6], [7]). In the realm of fiction and anecdote, “mogul” is sometimes used more playfully or metaphorically, evoking everything from whimsical character portrayals to sly commentary on authority ([8], [9], [10], [11]). This diversity in use highlights the word’s capacity to convey both the concrete historical legacy of empire and an enduring, often ambiguous, cultural presence.
- “The Great Mogul,” Louis Tracy, E. J. Clode.
— from Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 by Various - There appears likewise to have been some correspondence between the Mogul emperor and the court of Charles VII.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Ak′bar (that is 'very great'), a Mogul emperor, the greatest Asiatic prince of modern times.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various - V. A. Smith, Akbar, The Great Mogul , 162 ff. 19 . History of Rome , ed. 1866, iv.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - Note 3 ( return ) [ I am ignorant whether the original institution, in the Turki or Mogul language, be still extant.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Instead of three or four thousand elephants, which the Great Mogul was supposed to possess, Tavernier (Voyages, part ii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - In the sixty-eight years of his four first successors, the Mogul subdued almost all Asia, and a large portion of Europe.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Ha!' cried He suddenly; 'Yonder is the Great Mogul.' 'Who?' said I. 'Only a Man who made me a strange speech at Munich.'
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis - I am sure he will look like the Great Mogul!”
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - But that can’t be, or else in his one case our old Mogul’s fire-waters are somewhat long in working.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville - It ’uz de Gran’ Mogul —I ’uz chambermaid on her for eight seasons in de Cincinnati en Orleans trade.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
