The book breaks fresh ground in historical research. Based on a critical and empathic understanding of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian and Kashmiri sources, it provides a critique of Orientalist scholarship against the background of

an historical enquiry conducted into the processes of Islamization and its dynamics?in?relation?to?the?role?of?Muslim?Rishis?(Kashmiri?Sufis).

Professor Ishaq Khan has brought together a number of perspectives – the historical, the sociological, and the religious. The crux of his argument is that Islam is not merely a matter of theological...