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Online-Ressource (346 p)
ISBN:
9780415580618
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Muslims have been present in South Asia for 14 centuries. Nearly 40% of the people of this vast land mass follow the religion of Islam, and Muslim contribution to the cultural heritage of the sub-continent has been extensive. This textbook provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the general reader, with a comprehensive account of the history of Islam in India, encompassing political, socio-economic, cultural and intellectual aspects.Using a chronological framework, the book discusses the main events in each period between c. 600 CE and the present day, along with the
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Front Cover; Islamic Civilization in South Asia; Copyright Page; Contents; List of plates and acknowledgments; List of maps; List of excerpts; Preface; 1. Introduction; The first Muslims; The South Asian context; Historiography and sources of study; Select excerpts; 2. The era of Arab predominance (c. 600 to 1000 CE); Early Arab commerce and settlement in India; The Arab conquest of Sind; Arab rule in Sind; Early Islamic thirst for knowledge; Select excerpts; 3. Turkish power and Persian culture in the age of transition (1000-1206); Ghaznavids and Ghurids: their wars and conquests
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The Ghaznavid model of authorityZealotry and realism in religious policy; The dominance of Persian cultural tradition; Select excerpts; 4. The Delhi Sultanate at its zenith (1206-1351); Sultans and nobles; Territorial expansion and the Mongol threat; Peasants, craftsmen, slaves and traders; Guardians of Islam and attitudes to Hindus; The Sultanate architecture; Narrating and composing in the Persian tradition; Select excerpts; 5. New centres of Muslim power and culture (1351-1556); Fluctuations of imperial power and fortunes; The rise of regional sultanates; The Muslim community: a snapshot
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Art and architecture: imperial and regionalIntermingling of literary styles; Select excerpts; 6. The Mughal ascendancy: Akbar and his successors (1556-1689); The four Mughals: a brief introduction; The Mughal imperial order; The Mughal economy; Religion and state; Courtly culture and imperial patronage; Select excerpts; 7. The age of Mughal disintegration (1689-1765); Factors in imperial decline; The post-Mughal political scene; Some trends in Indian Islam; Cultural developments of the later Mughal period; Select excerpts; 8. Muslims under the East India Company (1765-1858)
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The supremacy of the CompanyMuslim resentment and resistance; Continuity of Muslim social order; Cultural and intellectual ferment; Select excerpts; 9. Stirrings of a Muslim modernity under the Raj (1858-1924); Education and Muslim identity; Muslim political desires and outcomes; The Muslim poor in three regions; Modern Muslim scholarship and literature; Select excerpts; 10. Unity or separatism?: Muslim dilemma at the end of the Raj (1924-1947/8); From Khilafat to Pakistan: a political narrative; The bitter fruits of division; Fighting illiteracy and purdah seclusion: Muslim women's advances
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Eminent literati before independenceSelect excerpts; 11. Epilogue: new challenges in a fractured subcontinent (1947-2011); The Muslim minority in independent India; The travails of Pakistan; From East Pakistan to Bangladesh; Literature and the arts; Select excerpts; Concluding thoughts; Select landmark dates; Muslim royal dynasties; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Index of Persian/Urdu/Bengali texts;
Additional Edition:
9781136212260
Additional Edition:
9780415580618
Additional Edition:
Print version Islamic Civilization in South Asia : A History of Muslim Power and Presence in the Indian Subcontinent
Language:
English
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