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082			_a297.40954 GRE/I
100			_aGREEN, NILE
245			_aINDIAN SUFISM SINCE THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: SAINTS, BOOKS AND EMPIRES IN THE MUSLIM DECCAN
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2006
300			_a240p.
520			_aSufism 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.
650			_aReligion
650			_aSufism
650			_aIslam
650			_aSufism - India
856			_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203965368
942			_cE-BOOK