Alyssa Gabbay

Islamic Tolerance (eBook, ePUB)

Amir Khusraw and Pluralism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia. It explores developments through the work of the historian and poet Amir Khusraw and seeks to show that Islam developed its own culture of tolerance rather than just import it from outside.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135230241
• Artikelnr.: 42512278

Autorenporträt

Alyssa Gabbay is a cultural historian whose work on medieval and early modern Persianate societies sits at the intersections of literature, gender, and history. A graduate of the University of Chicago, she is currently a visiting scholar at the University of Washington.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Islamic Legitimacy in the
Dibachah, 1293-94 4. Balancing Gender Roles: Male/Female Dynamics in the
Hasht Bihisht, 1301-2 5. "They see My Hindu Kill in the Style of Turks":
The Dismantling of a Dichotomy in the Nuh Sipihr, 1318-19 6. Conclusion:
"Glorious the Radiance of that Exalted Sun": Pluralistic Ideals on the
Subcontinent and Beyond