UID:
almahu_9949068670702882
Umfang:
1 online resource (238 p.)
ISBN:
9786610552801
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9781134168248
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1134168241
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9781134168255
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113416825X
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9781280552809
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1280552808
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9780203965368
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0203965361
Serie:
Routledge Sufi series ; v18
Inhalt:
Sufism is often regarded as standing mystically aloof from its wider cultural settings. By turning this perspective on its head, Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century reveals the politics and poetry of Indian Sufism through the study of Islamic sainthood in the midst of a cosmopolitan Indian society comprising migrants, soldiers, litterateurs and princes. Placing the mystical traditions of Indian Islam within their cultural contexts, this interesting study focuses on the shrines of four Sufi saints in the neglected Deccan region and their changing roles under the rule
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND NAMES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAP 1; 1. MUSLIM MYSTICS IN AN AGE OF EMPIRE: The Sufis of Awrangabad; 2. THE POETRY AND POLITICS OF SAINTHOOD IN A MUGHAL SUCCESSOR STATE; 3. THE SUFIS IN THE SHADOW OF A NEW EMPIRE; 4. SAINTS, REBELS AND REVIVALISTS; 5. THE AWRANGABAD SAINTS IN THE NEW INDIA; CONCLUSIONS; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-39040-0
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-415-54988-4
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9780203965368
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