Nile Green

Indian Sufism since the Seventeenth Century (eBook, PDF)

Saints, Books and Empires in the Muslim Deccan

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Produktbeschreibung

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 of the Mughals, the Nizams of Haydarabad and, after 1948, the Indian nation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134168255
• Artikelnr.: 39263570

Autorenporträt

Nile Green is Milburn Fellow at lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and Lecturer in South Asian Studies at Manchester University. His wide-ranging research interests focus on Sufism and the history and ethnography of Islam in South Asia, Iran and Afghanistan.

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Inhaltsangabe

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