Lovers of God

ISBN-13: 9781032654508 / Miękka / 2024 / 210 str.

Raziuddin Aquil

Opis

This book addresses some of the fiercely contested issues about religion and politics in medieval India, especially with regard to the crucial presence of Sufi's who styled themselves as friends and lovers of God.
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Spis treści

Prologue: Some Historiographical Concerns 1. Dispatching Kafirs to Hell?: The Making of  Islam in Medieval India 2. Mahfil-i-Sama/Qawwali: Celebrations and Contestations 3. Hunuz Dilli Dur Ast: Sufi Karamat, Legitimacy and Authority 4. From Dar-ul-Harb to Dar-ul-Islam: Miraculous Conversion and Islamization 5. The Study of Islam and Indian History: An Urdu-Muslim Perspective Epilogue: Politics of History in the Public Domain

O autorze

Raziuddin Aquil is Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Delhi. He has published widely on religious practices, literary cultures and historical traditions in medieval and early modern India.