03358oam 2200697I 450 991082604300332120230207232520.01-135-23024-21-135-23025-01-282-64004-697866126400490-203-87160-X10.4324/9780203871607 (CKB)2560000000009996(EBL)530337(OCoLC)642661373(SSID)ssj0000399283(PQKBManifestationID)12100421(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399283(PQKBWorkID)10383874(PQKB)11256201(MiAaPQ)EBC530337(Au-PeEL)EBL530337(CaPaEBR)ebr10394356(CaONFJC)MIL264004(OCoLC)649831441(EXLCZ)99256000000000999620180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIslamic tolerance Amir Khusraw and pluralism /Alyssa GabbayMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (154 p.)Iranian studies ;9Description based upon print version of record.1-138-78927-5 0-415-77913-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; A note on transliteration, terminology, translation, and dates; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: "O wind, tell the demons and fairies" - A call for reconciliation in northern India; 2 The framework of frontier studies: When two cultures meet; 3 Setting new standards of legitimacy in the Dibachah (Preface), 1293/4; 4 Balancing gender roles: Male/female dynamics in the Hasht bihisht (Eight Paradises), 1301/2; 5 "They see my Hindu kill in the style of Turks": The dismantling of a dichotomy in the Nuh sipihr (Nine Skies), 1318/196 Conclusion: "Glorious the radiance of that exalted sun" - Pluralistic ideals on the Subcontinent and beyondEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAlthough pluralism and religious tolerance are most often associated today with Western Enlightenment thinkers, the roots of these ideologies stretch back to non-Western and premodern societies, including many under Muslim rule. This book explores the development of pluralism in Islam in South Asia through the work of the poet, historian and musician Amir Khusraw and sheds new light on how Islam developed its own culture of tolerance. Countering stereotypes of Islam as intrinsically intolerant, the book provides a better understanding of how rhetorics of pluralism develop, which may Iranian StudiesReligious pluralismIndiaHistoryIslamRelationsHinduismHinduismRelationsIslamIndiaEthnic relationsHistoryReligious pluralismHistory.IslamRelationsHinduism.HinduismRelationsIslam.891/.5511Gabbay Alyssa.1593680MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826043003321Islamic tolerance3913931UNINA