The Mughals and the Sufis: Islam and political imagination in India, 1500-1750
Introduction: A long view of Sufism and political culture in India -- The Mughals, the Sufi Shaikhs, and the formation of the Akbari dispensation -- A Sufi critique of religious law, tasawwuf, and politics in Mughal India -- Shah Madar, Sufi religion, and a view of "true Islam" in a Mughal...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
[2021]
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| Dans: | Année: 2021 |
| Édition: | First SUNY Press edition |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Mogulreich
/ Islam
/ Soufisme
/ Politique
/ Histoire 1500-1750
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Mughal Empire
Politics and government
B Sufism (India) History B India Politics and government 997-1765 B Mogul Empire Politics and government B Islam and politics (India) B Islam and state (India) B Mughal Empire Religion B Mogul Empire Religion |
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| Résumé: | Introduction: A long view of Sufism and political culture in India -- The Mughals, the Sufi Shaikhs, and the formation of the Akbari dispensation -- A Sufi critique of religious law, tasawwuf, and politics in Mughal India -- Shah Madar, Sufi religion, and a view of "true Islam" in a Mughal Chishti Tazkira -- Strategy and imagination in a Mughal Sufi story of creation -- In search of a sacred king : Dara Shukoh and the Yogavasisthas of Mughal India -- Piety, poetry, and the contested loyalties of Mughal princesses, c. 1635-1700 -- The Naqshbandi Shaikhs of Sirhind in Aurangzeb's empire and its aftermath. "Examines the relationship between Mughal political culture and the two dominant strains of Islam's Sufi traditions in South Asia: one centred around orthodoxy, the other focusing on a more accommodating and mystical spirituality"-- |
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| Description: | "First published by Permanent Black D-28." Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Description matérielle: | xiii, 454 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4384-8489-1 |
