Indian sufism since the seventeenth century : saints, books, and empires in the Muslim Deccan / Nile Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Nile, author.

Series:

Routledge Sufi series ; v18.

Routledge Sufi series ; v18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufism--India--Deccan--History.

Sufism.

Sufism--India--Hyderabad--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

2006.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610552801

9781134168248

1134168241

9781134168255

113416825X

9781280552809

1280552808

9780203965368

0203965361

OCLC:

476017036

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access