Indian sufism since the seventeenth century : saints, books, and empires in the Muslim Deccan / / Nile Green

• Autore: Green Nile
• Pubblicazione: 2006; Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2017; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.40954
• Soggetto topico: Sufism - India - Deccan - History; Sufism - India - Hyderabad - History
• Classificazione: 11.83; EV 450
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND NAMES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAP 1; 1. MUSLIM MYSTICS IN AN AGE OF EMPIRE: The Sufis of Awrangabad; 2. THE POETRY AND POLITICS OF SAINTHOOD IN A MUGHAL SUCCESSOR STATE; 3. THE SUFIS IN THE SHADOW OF A NEW EMPIRE; 4. SAINTS, REBELS AND REVIVALISTS; 5. THE AWRANGABAD SAINTS IN THE NEW INDIA; CONCLUSIONS; GLOSSARY; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Sufism 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Indian Sufism since the seventeenth century
• ISBN: 1-134-16824-1; 1-134-16825-X; 1-280-55280-8; 9786610552801; 0-203-96536-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765844603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Sufi series ; ; v18.