LEADER 02245nam 2200373 450 001 9910476804503321 005 20230515142902.0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203965368 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566501 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566501 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566501 100 $a20230515d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndian Sufism since the seventeenth century $esaints, books, and empires in the Muslim Deccan /$fNile Green 210 1$a[Place of publication not identified] :$cTaylor & Francis,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (238 pages) 311 $a1-134-16820-9 330 $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. 606 $aSufism$zIndia$zHyderabad$xHistory 606 $aSufism$zIndia$zDeccan$xHistory 615 0$aSufism$xHistory. 615 0$aSufism$xHistory. 676 $a297.40954 700 $aGreen$b Nile$0792593 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476804503321 996 $aIndian Sufism since the seventeenth century$92948564 997 $aUNINA