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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811995203321

Autore

Avari Burjor

Titolo

Islamic civilization in South Asia : a history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent / / Burjor Avari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-21225-6

0-203-09522-7

1-283-87169-6

1-136-21226-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Disciplina

954.02

Soggetti

Islam - India - History

India Civilization Islamic influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The era of Arab predominance -- 3. Turkish power and Persian culture in the age of transition -- 4. The Delhi Sultanate at its zenith -- 5. New centres of Muslim power and culture -- 6. The Mughal ascendancy: Akbar and his successors -- 7. The age of Mughal disintegration -- 8. Muslims under the East India Company -- 9. Stirrings of a Muslim modernity under the Raj -- 10. Unity or separatism? Muslim dilemma at the end of the Raj -- 11. Epilogue: New challenges in a fractured subcontinent.

Sommario/riassunto

Muslims have been present in South Asia for 14 centuries. Nearly 40% of the people of this vast land mass follow the religion of Islam, and Muslim contribution to the cultural heritage of the sub-continent has been extensive. This textbook provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as the general reader, with a comprehensive account of the history of Islam in India, encompassing political, socio-economic, cultural and intellectual aspects.Using a chronological framework, the book discusses the main events in each period between c. 600 CE and the present day, along