Epigraphy and Islamic Culture: Inscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal (1205-1494)

ISBN-13: 9781138320208 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 274 str.

Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq

Opis

This book is an interpretive study of the Arabic and Persian epigraphic texts of Bengal in the wider context of a rich epigraphic tradition in the Islamic world. While focusing on previously untapped sources, it takes a fresh look into the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal and examines the inner dynamics of the social, intellectual and religious transformations of this eastern region of South Asia.  The first survey of the Muslim inscriptions in India ever to be attempted on this scale, the book reveals the significance of epigraphy as a source for Islamic history and culture.

Spis treści

Introduction: Epigraphy of Muslim Bengal 1. Epigraphy as an Important Source for Islamic History and Civilization 2. The Diffusion of Islam in Bengal and the Articulation of a New Order 3. Nature, Aesthetic Perception and Mysticism: Spiritual Dimensions of Islamic Inscriptions in Bengal 4. Worldly Authority and Paradisiacal Ambition: Diversity of Titles in the Islamic Inscriptions of Bengal 5. Early Islamic Inscriptions 6. Inscriptions of the Sultanate Period

O autorze

Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq is President of Bangladesh Association for Needy People’s Improvement. He has written extensively on the history, civilization and culture of Muslim Bengal, including a dozen entries in the Encyclopaedia of Islam.