Islamic tolerance : Amir Khusraw and pluralism / Alyssa Gabbay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gabbay, Alyssa, author.

Series:

Iranian Studies

Iranian studies ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, ca. 1253-1325--Political and social views.

Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī.

Religious pluralism--India--History.

Religious pluralism.

Islam--Relations--Hinduism.

Islam.

Hinduism--Relations--Islam.

Hinduism.

India--Ethnic relations--History.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule. This book explores the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia through the work of the poet, historian and musician Amir Khusraw and sheds new light on how Islam developed its own culture of tolerance. Countering stereotypes of Islam as intrinsically intolerant, the book provides a better understanding of how rhetorics of pluralism develop, which may

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration, terminology, translation, and dates; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: "O wind, tell the demons and fairies" - A call for reconciliation in northern India; 2 The framework of frontier studies: When two cultures meet; 3 Setting new standards of legitimacy in the Dibachah (Preface), 1293/4; 4 Balancing gender roles: Male/female dynamics in the Hasht bihisht (Eight Paradises), 1301/2; 5 "They see my Hindu kill in the style of Turks": The dismantling of a dichotomy in the Nuh sipihr (Nine Skies), 1318/19

6 Conclusion: "Glorious the radiance of that exalted sun" - Pluralistic ideals on the Subcontinent and beyondEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-23024-2

1-135-23025-0

1-282-64004-6

9786612640049

0-203-87160-X

9780203871607

OCLC:

642661373