INDIAN SUFISM SINCE THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: SAINTS, BOOKS AND EMPIRES IN THE MUSLIM DECCAN
Material type:
TextPublisher: London Routledge 2006Edition: 1st edDescription: 240pISBN: 9780415390408Subject(s): Religion | Sufism | Islam | Sufism - IndiaDDC classification: 297.40954 GRE/I Online resources: Click here to access online 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 of the Mughals, the Nizams of Haydarabad and, after 1948, the Indian nation. In particular Green studies the city of Awrangabad, examining the vibrant intellectual and cultural history of this city as part of the independent state of Haydarabad. He employs a combination of historical texts and anthropological fieldwork, which provide a fresh perspective on developments of devotional Islam in South Asia over the past three centuries, giving a fuller understanding of Sufism and Muslim saints in South Asia.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-Book | MES LIBRARY, PONNANI Available On Online | 297.40954 GRE/I (Browse shelf) | Available | EB9 |
Browsing MES LIBRARY, PONNANI shelves, Shelving location: Available On Online Close shelf browser
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
| 297.0722 HIR/M MEDIEVAL ARABIC HISTORIOGRAPHY: AUTHORS AS ACTORS | 297.220922 ELK/G GOD AND HUMANS IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT: ABD AL-JABBAR, IBN SINA AND AL-GHAZALI | 297.4091821 MAL/S SUFISM IN THE WEST | 297.40954 GRE/I INDIAN SUFISM SINCE THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: SAINTS, BOOKS AND EMPIRES IN THE MUSLIM DECCAN | 305.48896041 MIR/Y YOUNG, FEMALE AND BLACK | 320.95409045 DES/S STATE FORMATION AND RADICAL DEMOCRACY IN INDIA | 320.956709034 CET/T THE OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATION OF IRAQ, 1890-1908 |
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 of the Mughals, the Nizams of Haydarabad and, after 1948, the Indian nation. In particular Green studies the city of Awrangabad, examining the vibrant intellectual and cultural history of this city as part of the independent state of Haydarabad. He employs a combination of historical texts and anthropological fieldwork, which provide a fresh perspective on developments of devotional Islam in South Asia over the past three centuries, giving a fuller understanding of Sufism and Muslim saints in South Asia.
There are no comments on this title.