The millennial sovereign: sacred kingship and sainthood in Islam

Islam and the millennium -- The lord of conjunction: sacrality and sovereignty in the age of Timur -- The crown of dreams: Sufis and princes in sixteenth-century Iran -- The alchemical court: the beginnings of the Mughal imperial cult -- The millennial sovereign: the troubled unveiling of the savior...

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Main Author: Moin, A. Azfar (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Chichester Columbia University Press c 2012
In:Year: 2012
Reviews:[Rezension von: Moin, A. Azfar, The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam] (2016) (Guyer, Benjamin M.)
Series/Journal:South Asia across the disciplines
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mogulreich / Islam / Sufism / Ruler / Legitimation
Further subjects:B Sovereignty Religious aspects Islam
B Kings and rulers Religious aspects Islam
B Muslim Saints
B Sovereignty Religious aspects Islam
B Kings and rulers Religious aspects Islam
B Muslim saints
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Summary:Islam and the millennium -- The lord of conjunction: sacrality and sovereignty in the age of Timur -- The crown of dreams: Sufis and princes in sixteenth-century Iran -- The alchemical court: the beginnings of the Mughal imperial cult -- The millennial sovereign: the troubled unveiling of the savior monarch -- The throne of time: the painted miracles of the saint emperor -- The graffiti under the throne
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0231160364